Tenuta SantāAntonio Fontana Soave 2022
The aromas on this Soave are beautiful and the wine offers just the right density in the mouth to support all that preach and citrus intensity. This is a lovely Soave to pair will grill shrimp or fish tacos. From the municipality of Colognola ai Colli and Illasi (Verona).
- Colour: straw yellow with greenish reflections
- Nose: fresh floral hint of white wine flowers and elderberry, mild white ripe fruit like apple and pear
- Palate: semi-dry and warm with sustained but well-balanced acidity, pleasant almond aftertaste.
- Garganega 90%, Trebbiano di Soave 5%, Chardonnay 5%
Alain Geoffroy Chablis Cuvee Vieilles Vignes 2020
Pale golden yellow in colour with slight greenish glints. Bright, luminous and limpid.
The nose shows instantly both maturity and freshness in a festival of flowers and fruit. The floral notes of menthol, acacias and citronella mingle with grapefruit, butterscotch and freshly baked bunsā¦
Taste is powerful with pretty, harmonious mellowness, perfectly supported by its frank, yet unaggressive liveliness. The long finish prolongs the pleasure with a pronounced mineral presence enhanced by a delicate hint of wood.
GRAPE VARIETY: Chardonnay 100 %
AGE OF THE VINEYARD: 45 to 70 years
GEOLOGY: Kimmeridgian limestone
EXPOSURE: South - South-East
WINE-MAKING PROCESS: Traditional method in oak casks
MATURING: In oaks barrels, with wood split to a turn
First Drop Vivo Adelaide Hills Arneis 2022
VINEYARD: Kersbrook in the northern Adelaide Hills - 340m above sea level on complex sandy clay loams over shale
VINTAGE 2022: Above average winter rainfall initiated healthy bud burst and minimal irrigation was required as a result. Spring was also relatively cool & windy which lead to some prolific canopy growth in parts of vineyards but also uneven flowering, which saw lower yields in many cases.
Colour: Pale straw, with tinge of green
Nose: Nashi pear and passionfruit with a hint of lime
Palate: Nashi pear and pithy fruit flavours dominate, with lime zest and minerality, making the palate long and zingy.
Food Pairing: Fresh scallops with ginger and shallots, chilli crabs, salt & pepper squid, agnolotti al plin
"Tastes like arneis with candied lemons and limes with some steel and stone undertones. Medium body. Really takes off at the finish. So much energy. Drink now. Screw cap." - 92 points, James Suckling