2021 Shadowfax Minnow Roussanne

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A round, full-bodied Roussanne full of texture and life.
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Roussanne can be a difficult variety to get right on its own. It's a variety often used as a blending component, however the best Roussannes are full of weight, ripe fruit and great power.

Here the Shadowfax team has pulled one out of the bag. This is Roussanne allowed some time on skins, sent to barrel and left to develop texture and weight from time on lees.

If you're looking to see this variety strut its stuff solo, this is a great value place to start.

This Roussanne was carefully grown at our winery vineyard in Werribee.

The fruit was gently whole bunch pressed and left to settle over night prior to racking. The juice was gravity fed into older French hogs head barrels in our underground cellar where wild fermentation took place. It was left on light lees to develop further complexity for 6 months prior to bottling.

90 Points - "Waxy lemon and subtle herbal edges of thyme lead into a fleshy palate, with some pithy phenolics to finish. It's textural and ripe but cleverly contained with a fine structure. Another glass would be hard to resist." - Gabrielle Poy (The Real Review)

90 Points - "Squeaky, bright white wine, ginger and tonic water things happening here with lime juice in the mix. Good get up and go, nice tickle of acidity and freshness. Juicy to an extent, finishes shiny. Easy to like." - Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)

95 Points - "Mmm, this is probably the finest Minnow Roussanne to date. Heady aromas of ginger flower and honeysuckle, mandarin, white stone fruit and pear, all in perfect proportion. A drizzle of honey and ginger, plus some cinnamon with fluffy creamy lees filling out the finely tuned palate. The lemon acidity takes it to a long finish." - Jane Faulkner (Halliday Wine Companion)

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    Mitch D.
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    2 years ago
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    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Great drop!

    This wine was super refreshing with a good amount of texture! Perfect on a hot day at the park.

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