Fantastic Wines to Try From Australia's Victoria Wine Region
I have had the good fortune to visit Australia's Victoria wine region, and it's one of the world's most exciting places for quality wine right now. Victoria is in the far south-east of the country, between South Australia and New South Wales, and boa...
Whites
Saline, mineral, herbal, and bursting with fresh Meyer lemon action, all topped off with a hint of pine, the nose is just spot-on for higher-end examples of this Italian grape.
This fantastic Chardonnay wows with elegance, a restrained texture, and just a hint of cream.
The acidity is is so palpable on this white that there are too many food combinations that could go well with it; they'd need to could be counted without the aid of supercomputers!
Toasted nuts, ripe lemons, blossom, and white peaches mark the nose, topped with ripe white figs and a bit of smoke and gunflint on this well-crafted wine.
A characterful white fermented with wild with wild yeasts that sports aromas and flavors of ripe peaches, apples, jasmine, vanilla, and pineapple.
Passion-fruit and lemongrass mark both the nose and the palate of this delicious, refreshing white.
Reds
This is a juicy, wild, rowdy Pinot Noir that is more than fitting with its name.
Concentrated and deep, this red (fermented with a bit of white Viognier) can handle all the oomph, given all of its palate freshness.
A modernly-styled Cabernet that, thanks to its line of acidity, never becomes tiring to drink.
Pretty, spicy, and earthy, there’s great red berry fruit on this Pinot, with flavors of dark cherries.
Minty, herbal, spicy, and brimming with red berries, leather, and rhubarb, this red is incredibly alive on the palate.
Sourced from about vines up to 150 years in age, this red is a great mingling styles, with cracked pepper, blackberry, wild raspberry, bramble, mint, perfume, and licorice all making appearances.
Sourced from vines planted at 500m elevation, on granitic soils that date back 600 million years, this premium red blends Shiraz and Sangiovese. It wows with notes of eucalyptus, incense, cherry compote, white and black pepper, and spiced plums.
Dessert "Stickies"
Luscious, powerful, and full of spiced/spiked fruitcake, jasmine notes, and candied orange notes, this is a delightful dessert wine, and it's incredibly well-priced for the quality.
Svelte and elegant, this world-class dessert wine emphasizes the region's textbook nutty, spicy herbal style.