Description
This excellent value mixed pack features six highly-rated white wines that boast accolades and high acclaim from the Halliday Wine Companion Tasting Team.
This iteration of the pack features some of the final stocks of the Riesling of the Year from Rieslingfreak, a 96-point Gruner Veltliner from the Halliday Winemaker of the Year, Liz Silkman and more. all at a great price with great reviews.
It will be updated regularly with freshly reviewed wines as they drop!
- 2023 Rieslingfreak No.12 Flaxman Valley Riesling
- 2023 Gentle Folk Sauvignon Blanc
- 2023 De Iuliis Semillon
- 2023 Silkman Gruner Veltliner
- 2022 Vino Volta Funky & Fearless Chenin Blanc
- 2023 Mac Forbes Yarra Valley Chardonnay
2023 Rieslingfreak No.12 Flaxman Valley Riesling
The Flaxman Valley Riesling is one of the newer additions to the Rieslingfreak stable, with it first being released to celebrate John Hughes' achievement of being named Barossa's Winemaker of the Year.
It's a beautifully delicate yet structured wine; elegant and a bit 'grown up' in its own way. Zesty and racy, bursting with floral aromas, and a beautifully moreish hint of minerality.
All lovers of crisp dry whites, this one should be at the top of your list. And for the dollars asked, this is outrageously good value!
98 points & Halliday Riesling of the Year!
"Riesling of the Year. Score awarded by the Halliday tasting panel at the annual Awards judging. MB writes: From Flaxman Valley (in Eden Valley) and the freakiest riesling freaks of all, perhaps. This is electric. So much vigour and perkiness, a vibrant and poised white that delivers strong mineral charm, beautifully brittle acidity and tension and length in spades. Ultra floral scents with lime, blackcurrant, white pepper, talc, flint, warm steel and chamomile. The palate a superb echo with succulent, mineral-charged texture and a sense of pristine, pretty fruit in tow. A delicate expression with compelling energy and drinkability as its charter."
- Panel Decision (Halliday Wine Companion)
97 points
"This stunning High Eden Riesling instantly delivers with tense aromas of wet stones, apricot, spice and kaffir lime with youthful impact and energy... Benchmark Eden Riesling. 2026-2038"
- Andrew Caillard (The Vintage Journal)
2023 Gentle Folk Sauvignon Blanc
This is an excellent example of Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc from Gareth Belton.
It showcases a great balance between ripe fruit, barrel-fermented textural elements and the bright natural acidity that is the signature of the region.
Gareth makes an effort to elevate this from just a simple fruit-driven white wine to something with richness and nuance through the careful but clever use of oak.
Refined, complex, and beautifully put together, it sit comfortably amongst the big boys of the Australian Sauvignon scene... watch out Sorrenberg!
96 points
"An essay could be written on the texture of this wine, such is the artistry of its integration, but we'll spare you. Suffice to say, this is an elite white wine."
- Campbell Mattinson (Halliday Wine Companion)
"A homage to the great Sauvignon Blanc's produced in this country!"
- Gareth Belton (Winemaker)
2023 De Iuliis Semillon
Year after year De Iuliis' early released Semillon is one of the Hunter Valley's true bargains.
We love Mike De Iuliis' classy range of wines and it's great to see such good value from the Hunter. Where some of Mike's more premium Semillon releases are built for contemplation over several years in the cellar, this wine is built for contemplation over several seconds in your glass.
Light, fruit-driven and utterly loveable, this is Hunter Semillon made for drinking, not thinking.
95 points & Top 100 Wines of the Year
"The quality of this super-expressive lemon, apple and lanolin fruit had its life to live, and transformed itself from chrysalis to resplendent butterfly."
- James Halliday (The Weekend Australian)
2023 Silkman Gruner Veltliner
This rare Hunter Valley Grüner from award-winning winemaker Liz Silkman is an absolute steal.
It's textural and fresh and a great alternative variety in a sea of Semillon and Chardonnay in the Hunter Valley.
On the palate, it’s fresh and energetic with super-dry notes of lemon, lime, and green apple. Tight acidity and a mineral undertone lead to a long, saline finish, showcasing the Silkmans' expert touch.
Since their debut in 2013, the Silkmans have focused on producing high-quality, small-batch wines, and this Grüner Veltliner is no exception. Perfect with Pad Thai, or on its own.
96 points
"This is fabulous. Racy, flavoursome, varietal too. Chalky acidity and the tiniest touch of spice. The palate is compelling, long with perfect harmony; it has weight without overt fruitiness, which is always magic. Lovely citrus line. High class."
- Toni Paterson MW (Halliday Wine Companion)
2022 Vino Volta Funky & Fearless Chenin Blanc
This is the textural, more classic example of Chenin Blanc from the Vino Volta duo.
Garth Cliff and Kristen McGann are really passionate about Chenin Blanc. Showcasing the varieations created from different vineyards and with different winemaking techniques in and around the Swan Valley region. These are 25+ year old vines in the north of the region, from the Rockets vineyard, planted on sandy loam.
It's made in a fairly textural style, focusing in on the waxy, mouth-filling characters that make Chenin so distinctive as a variety.
It's shapely, pithy and very easy to knock back.
95 points
"Natural ferment in older large-format oak. Dry-grown, organically, on the Rocket's Vineyard. This is a pearl of a wine. Chalky, spicy, minerally – it crackles its way through the palate – but with a good bedding of fruit too. It has presence, and it has flow. You can contemplate it or you can quaff it; it works (beautifully) both ways."
- Campbell Mattinson (Halliday Wine Companion)95 points
"Complex, intense and consistent, it forges a path across the palate and shows an immense staying power even after the wine has left the mouth. Irrepressible."
- Erin Larkin (The Wine Advocate)
2023 Mac Forbes Yarra Valley Chardonnay
The Yarra Valley is one of the homes of great Australian Chardonnay. Getting the best out of Chardonnay from this region is definitely an area of expertise for Mac Forbes.
If you like a more linear, modern expression of the variety, walk this way. All of Mac's Chardonnays strike that lovely balance between elegance, finesse, and freshness. They're fine-boned, pure and superb to drink. It's designed to capture the essence of Yarra Valley Chardonnay.
This is quintessential modern Yarra Chardonnay that will mature beautifully over the medium term.
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