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Riesling / Saar / Germany
Scharzhofberger was likely planted by the Romans. One of the most historically significant vineyards in all Europe, it belonged to the monastery St Marien ad Martyres during the middle ages. It was seized by the French government after the revolution and part of it was passed to the Müller family in 1797. Egon Müller IV makes Spätlese from grapes of superior ripeness.
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Riesling / Saar / Germany
The Müller family has owned and operated portions of the distinguished Scharzhofberg Einzellage since 1797. Over two centuries later, fourth generation Egon carries on the family tradition. Müller's Riesling Kabinett is one of the more accessible first growths of the Rhineland. A brilliantly composed wine, the most striking elements are its supple richness and impeccable balance.
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Riesling / Saar / Germany
Scharzhofberg is one of the most famous vineyard sites in Germany, likely to have been established by the Romans. Egon Muller Kabinett is one of the world's great Riesling wines, always delicate, crisp and exquisite on the palate. Drinking brilliantly on release, a Kabinett from a great vintage can develop in the bottle for twenty or thirty years.
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Riesling / Saar / Europe
Weingut Egon Müller has been family owned and operated since 1797. All Egon Müller's editions are exclusively old vine Riesling and the family's experience with the varietal dates back to the discovery of Auslese itself. The style is made without any compromise from the finest parcels, as harvests of suitably high quality become available. Grapes are hand picked off the ripest bunches, very late in the season until early December. Due to the tiny amounts produced and burgeoning interest amongst fine wine enthusiasts, Egon Muller can be a rare indulgence.
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Riesling / Saar / Germany
Weingut Egon Muller focuses exclusively on the finest Rhineland fruit, it is here that the Riesling grape reaches a crescendo of wonderful flavours and complexity. Every year, those parcels of Scharzhofberger Vineyard Riesling which are worthy of the late picked Auslese style are hand selected by Egon Müller.
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Riesling / Saar / Germany
The Müller family has been making Riesling since at least 1797. Small lots of well ripened grapes are selectively hand picked from the eminent Scharzhofberger Vineyard to make the generously flavoured Auslese. Due to the tiny amounts produced and burgeoning interest amongst enthusiasts, Egon Muller can be a rare indulgence.
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Riesling / Saar / Germany
All Egon Müller's editions are Riesling, the family's experience with the varietal dates back to 1797, right around the time of the discovery of Auslese itself. The style is made without any compromise from small parcels of the finest fruit, as harvests of suitably high quality become available. Grapes are hand picked off the ripest bunches, very late in the season from late November until early December.
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Riesling / Saar / Germany
Weingut Egon Müller has been family owned and operated since 1797. All Egon Müller's editions are Riesling and the family's experience with the varietal dates back to the discovery of Auslese itself. The style is made without any compromise from the finest parcels, as harvests of suitably high quality become available. Grapes are hand picked off the ripest bunches, very late in the season until early December.
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Riesling / Saar / Germany
Egon Muller is one of the Rhineland's most distinguished winemakers and retains access to the finest vineyards. Many of these sites were established by the Romans and are grown to rootstock which can be traced back centuries.
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Riesling / Saar / Germany
Scharzhofberger is one of the most famous sites in Germany and was probably planted by the Romans. It is extremely steep at a gradient of 30° to 60° and quite high in elevation. Every year, those parcels of Riesling which are worthy of the late picked Auslese style are hand selected by Egon Müller, to be vinified into one of the Rhineland's most cherished wines.
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Riesling / Saar / Germany
Weingut Egon Muller focuses exclusively on the finest Rhineland fruit, it is here that the Riesling grape reaches a crescendo of wonderful flavours and complexity. Every year, those parcels of Scharzhofberger Vineyard Riesling which are worthy of the late picked Auslese style are hand selected by Egon Müller, to be vinified into one of the world's most cherished semi sweet wines.
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Riesling / Saar / Germany
Weingut Egon Müller retain some of the most exalted vineyard holdings in the old world, they are among the first growth of Rhineland's winemakers. These powerful wines with their scents and flavours of flowers, minerals and spice are capable of long ageing and profound development but are always possessed of a beguiling soft finish. Scharzhof Qualitätswein is the most approachable in the range, an essentially dry Riesling style with a bounty of sweet fruit complexities and exemplary refinement, a compelling entry into the house of Weingut Egon Müller.
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SauvBlanc / Marlborough / NewZealand
The team at Dusky Sounds harvest the fruit of an enchanted land to assemble clean and vibrant wines with intense flavours and a distinctive regional expression that's recognized and loved throughout the world. Marlborough has its own special environment, native flora and fauna which are truly unique, sunshine and soils that are heaven sent for the creation of Sauvignon Blanc, second to none in the world of lusciously fruit driven white wines. Pristine soils, pure waters and cool maritime winds add the finishing touches to Dusky Sounds Sauvignon Blanc.
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SauvBlanc / Marlborough / NewZealand
Drylands really are the pick of New Zealand. The unique soils of Marlborough's golden triangle are home to the Drylands wineworks and renowned Home Block Vineyard where the quality of fruit is outstanding every year. Drylands is assembled from the choicest parcels of Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, selected on the basis of intensity, structure and balance.
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SauvBlanc / Marlborough Awatere / NewZealand
The Awatere Valley sub region of Marlborough offers a unique mesoclime, shaped by the strong coastal winds, low rainfall, intense sunshine and cool nights. Vines enduring these conditions yield vibrant, intensely flavoured grapes which can make vigorously fruit driven Sauvignon Blanc wines with a distinctive mineral character.
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SauvBlanc / Yarra Valley / Victoria
Dominique Portet comes from a great lineage of notable winemakers, he clearly shines at Sauvignon Blanc, ever since his early efforts at Taltarni and Napa Valley's Clos du Val. Fashioned to be vital and exhilarating in it's youth, while appealing to those who are excited by what the French term a sauvage style of Sauvignon Blanc.
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SauvBlanc / Marlborough Wairau / NewZealand
The wines of Dog Point are a natural expression of the land from which they are created. Fruit is sourced off choice blocks dating back to the late 1970s. These older well established sites are a neighbour of the first commercial vineyard in Marlborough established by Montana in 1973. Section 94 is a special bottling from a block of vines which produce a distinctly flavoured wine, attenuated to please those who would prefer not to drink a lychee flavoured, grass and gooseberry Marlborough fruit bomb.
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SauvBlanc / Marlborough / NewZealand
Dog Point took the wine world by storm. One of the oldest vineyards in Marlborough, it sold grapes to others until it began issuing wines under it's own label. Topography, the lie of the land and quality of soils are crucial to the character of Marlborough wines. Dog Point's Sauvignon Blanc vines are mostly planted to free draining silty clay loams on the flatter aspects of Marlborough, soils which infuse grapes with luscious citrus and grapefruit flavours.
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Chardonnay / Marlborough - Wairau / NewZealand
Dog Point combines the considerable experiences of Ivan and Margaret Sutherland with James and Wendy Healy, fully focused on crafting distinctive and expressive Marlborough wines.
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Chardonnay / Yarra Valley / Victoria
Diamond Valley are highly accomplished at Chardonnay on many levels. Devotees of fine Yarra Valley Chardonnays will find Blue Label fully engrossing for it's complexity and seamless integration, totally refreshing for it's reliance on more fruit and less oak.
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Chardonnay / Margaret River / WesternAustralia
Devil's Lair is a beautifully maintained vineyard which has established a reputation of producing the finest Chardonnay. Climate and geology combine to create a unique terroir for a vibrant rendering of Margaret River. An intense expression of Chardonnay, very much in the Devil's Lair style, a subtle textural wine that offers a complexity of flavour which evolves and develops in the glass, without any single element dominating.
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SauvBlanc Semillon / / WesternAustralia
The auspicious Fifth Leg is being enjoyed by Australians at every occasion. But why five legs? The brand took it's name from the mysterious extra leg found among the fossilised remains of a Tasmanian devil in a cave near the Devil's Lair property. So drum roll please, step right up and groove to this big hitting white blend from Western Australia! Shake your thing with zesty Sauvignon Blanc, revel in the intense depth of Semillon, a touch of textural complexity and palate richness refreshed by bright acidity allows the wine to remain light and envigorating.
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SauvBlanc / Tamar Valley / Tasmania
Crafted exclusively with Tamar Valley fruit, the backbone of which originates from the elite Kayena Vineyard, one of Tasmania's smartest renderings of effusive and textural Sauvignon Blanc.
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PinotGris Grigio / Tamar Valley / Tasmania
Devil's Corner is a section of Tamar River planted to the Kayena Vineyard. It is a calm area of refuge for sailors away from the potentially wild waters of Whirlpool Reach to the south, and has been used as such since earliest settlement. Devil's Corner makes a pure, crisp and refreshing Pinot Grigio wine, displaying vibrant fruit qualities, a high degree of approachability and universal appeal. Like all Tamar Ridge releases under the Devil's Corner label, this Pinot Grigio is made for early drinking, preferably alongside a feast of the freshest Tassie seafood.
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Chardonnay / Tamar Valley / Tasmania
There really is a Devil's Corner and it's a section of Tamar River very near Kayena Vineyard. The lee is a calm area of refuge for sailors away from the potentially wild waters of Whirlpool Reach to the south, it has been used as such for over two hundred years. Devils Corner are Tasmanian wines of the highest order which reflect the natural variations engendered by climate and soil. Crafted exclusively from estate grown Tamar Valley fruit, a Chardonnay wine of beautifully preserved Tasmanian bucolic charm, to accompany rich creamy risotto and the freshest fish.
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Chardonnay / Chablis / France
Domaine Isabelle et Denis Pommier is located at Poinchy near Chablis, within the very heart of a vineyard that produces some of the best white wines in the world, known for their minerality, elegance and finesse. Pommier's splendid efforts have received much acclaim from the international wine press and are featured on winelists at many of the best restaurants in France. Petit Chablis is a clean and pure, fleshy palated sibling to the bigger efforts of Chablis, most appreciated for it's freshness and approachability, ideally to be enjoyed young and crisp.
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Riesling / Mansfield / Victoria
Delatite are best known for their splendid white wines, which have claimed a litany of trophies, accolades and rave reviews throughout the world for many years. The first vines were planted in 1968 on a picturesque rise overlooking the vistas of Mt Buller. It became quickly known that the Delatite site was something quite special, as all of the wines, Riesling in particular, are a profound expression of varietal expression and of place.
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Gewurztraminer / Mansfield / Victoria
Gewurtztraminer was one of Delatite's first plantings, it has continued to deliver the most memorable, award winning vintages. Deadman's Hill is widely regarded as the benchmark in Australia, the first Traminer ever to be selected for Qantas International First Class. The Deadman's Hill site is a hundred metres higher than the other vineyards at Delatite and has been dry grown for most of it's life. It was the first part of the vineyard to be converted to BioDynamics and like all other blocks at Delatite, it is completely pruned and picked by hand.
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Chardonnay / / Victoria
De Bortoli can lay claim to a tradition of compelling Chardonnay wines. Their award winning efforts have made an essential contribution to the evolution of Chardonnay in Australia. Grapes for Vat 7 are selected from good vineyards which can yield the quality of fruit characterized by the luscious nectarine flavours that are so central to the style. A course of barrel ferments, malolactic and exposure to sedimentery yeast lees in oak makes for a richly textured Chardonnay wine with good colour, creamy textures and excellent palate richness.
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Verdelho / Riverina / Victoria
Deen De Bortoli created his Vat Series with the idea of fashioning a range of delicious, full flavoured wines that are approachable to all. Vat 6 is constructed to be an early drinking Verdelho with a bit of palate weight and fine complexity. De Bortoli are well positioned for this type of wine, full bodied and pleasingly dry, the Verdelho of choice to accompany luncheon seafood or a freshly grilled chicken breast tossed into spinach & basil caesar.
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SauvBlanc / Riverina King Alpine / Victoria
The inspiration for Vat Series came from times when Deen De Bortoli would personally make the blends then chalk the numbers on the vats to identify them. Parcels of Sauvignon Blanc grown to choice vineyards are earmarked for their bright varietal profile, crafted by the intrepid De Bortoli into a fresh and crisp young wine.
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Durif / Riverina / NewSouthWales
Durif has been grown in the Riverina for many years where it produces strong heady wines with good colour, excellent tannins and exciting varietal fruit characters. A native of the Rhone Valley with a susceptibility to rot in cooler climes, De Bortoli's Durif is grown to sunny vineyards in the Riverina which favour the grape and stimulate the development piquant flavours. A medium bodied yet intense wine with upfront Durif complexity, supported by firm tannins and delicate oak.
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SauvBlanc / Murray Valley / Victoria
Established 1967, Deakin Estate sold their harvests until a winery was built in 1980. Many of the vines have now achieved considerable age, but the team's efforts remain focused on producing fruit of the highest quality and wines brimming with flavour. A brightly lit, fruit forward Sauvignon Blanc that's best enjoyed young for its zesty, youthful freshness. Classic food accompaniements are oysters and goat's cheese but shellfish and chicken asparagus would also be a great match.
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Chardonnay / Yarra Valley / Victoria
Fruit from the superlative Dixons Creek property continues to be the focus for tremendous single vineyard efforts by De Bortoli. There is a common thread in the detail and texture of wine from these older vineyards as influenced by the growing season. Two splendid plots of vine established in 1981 and 1990 yield harvests of the most exquisite Yarra Valley Chardonnay, to be fashioned into a textural, generous wine by the talented De Bortoli team.
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SauvBlanc / Yarra Valley / Victoria
From the illustrious De Bortoli property at Dixon's Creek in the cool climes of the Yarra Valley. Sauvignon Blanc is selected from four distinct sections of the De Bortoli estate vineyard at Dixons Creek. The influence of hand tended vines, hand picking and sorting, a little roughing up with a crusher and the use of older casks, achieves a style of Sauvignon Blanc with unique qualities.
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Chardonnay / Yarra Valley / Victoria
De Bortoli are about soil and season, the personality of wine is derived from the imperfections of nature. An exemplary Yarra Valley effort, exhibiting complex fruit over barrel ferment and nutty undertones. The palate is textured and elegant with a long, balanced finish that's just gorgeous.
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Chardonnay / Hobart / Tasmania
Single vineyard Chardonnay from vines planted to the Meadowbank property, bounded by the fast flowing, pristine waters of Derwent River. Gerald and Sue Ellis established their first plantings on the rugged terrains of Meadowbank in 1974, the vineyard now holds a special place in the history of Tasmanian viticulture. Stephen Hickinbotham was the first to recognise potential of the site, Dawson & James Chardonnay vines were sown in 1989 and vine age now plays an important part in the flavour development and ultimate balance of the precious fruit.
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Verdelho / Nagambie / Victoria
One of Australia's most satisfying and consistent, dry Verdelho wines, expressing fine varietal characters, refreshing and crisp with good palate weight and solid structure delivered by the quality fruit and vinification. A superfine construct from the best Victorian vineyards, displaying dry and spicey tropical aromas with hints of white peach. David Traeger will continue to make one of Australia's most popular Verdelho wines well into the future, it always offers mouthfilling flavours of cooler climate orchard fruit, complimenting acids and a lingering, stylish finish.
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Viognier / McLaren + Adelaide Hills / SouthAustralia
Like its Rhone Valley siblings, Adelaide Hills Viognier is a wine that drinks well on release, evolving as it grows in complexity. Named after a site which lies at the bottom of a gully in McLaren Vale, the Last Ditch was originally planted to a small block of Doradillo vines during the 19th century. In 1995 the site became repopulated by Viognier. Last Ditch is a salubrious wine which receives the very best barrels of d'Arenberg Viognier, it simply blossoms on the palate and continues to linger.
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Riesling SauvBlanc Marsanne Viognier Chardonnay / McLaren Vale / SouthAustralia
The hallmark of this wine, is that its a great value drink, anywhere and at anytime with most anyone. Every Stump Jump takes the drinker on a journey of engaging varietal fruit experiences. The dimension of flavour and textural richness brought about by a complex cépage of Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc, Marsanne, Viognier and Chardonnay are heightened by a level of dryness and splendid integration.
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Chardonnay / McLaren / SouthAustralia
You'll see plenty of olive trees alongside the d'Arenberg roadsides, flourishing around the vines. McLaren Vale is littered with olive groves which were planted by the first settlers. While neighbouring table grape growers consider olive trees a nuisance, local winemakers are thankful for the bittersweet nuances which the tiny green stonefruits impart to the wine. Chester Osborn determines the critical time of picking his Chardonnay, which is treated to wild ferments and lees stirring, for a rich textural wine with savoury aromas and good palate complexity.
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Roussanne / McLaren Vale / SouthAustralia
dArenberg planted McLaren Vale's first Viognier, Marsanne and Roussanne. The first crop was found to be covered in a sea of tiny Money Spiders Erigoninae. Popular belief is that kindness to these active little creatures will bring good luck, hopefully in the form of money. Being nature lovers and slightly superstitious, the staff refrained from sending spiders to their death. Hence the first Roussanne was not released until the following year by which time Money Spiders had learned their lesson and moved to bushland surrounding the vines.
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Marsanne Viognier / McLaren Vale / SouthAustralia
The close proximity of d'Arenberg's vineyards to Gulf St. Vincent means the grapes can be stimulated by gently cooling maritime breezes. Much of McLaren Vale is planted to free draining soils underlaid by limestone, formed by the calcareous remains of local marine fauna. One such creature was the Hermit Crab, a reclusive little crustacean that to this day inhabits the cast off shells of others. McLaren Vale's first ever Marsanne Viognier is named Hermit as a reference to the region in France where the Marsanne grape dominates white wines.
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Riesling / Eden Valley / SouthAustralia
Eden Valley is Dandelion's Riesling wonderland, a unique fusion of terroir and vine, season and grower. Wonderland of the Eden Valley is made entirely from vines planted in 1912 which still thrive to this day. Vigneron Colin Kroehn is the custodian of these precious old vines and has tended them for sixty six of his eighty eight years.
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SauvBlanc / Marlborough Awatare / NewZealand
The third release of this pure, single vineyard Sauvignon Blanc. Dancing Water is driven by the vision of Ross Trowsdale and Clare Bisso. Trowsdale studied viticulture and oenology, after which he travelled and worked vintages in the new and od world for a number of top quality wine producers; New Zealand (Pegasus Bay and Felton Road) Australia (Wyndham Estate) the USA (Cristom Vineyards) and Austria (Weingut Stefanshof and Alois Kracher). These experiences have nurtured a love and respect for fine wine and the making of it.
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Chardonnay / Pyrenees / Victoria
Fashioned from harvests of Chardonnay grown to the cooler, slower ripening Forest Hut property at Moonambel. The climes are three to four degrees cooler than Dalwhinnie all year round, so vintage arrives some three weeks later. Vines make the most of the extra time on offer to ripen grapes fully and develop vibrant fruit characters, translating into a solid Chardonnay wine with juicy apple complexity.
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SauvBlanc / Pipers Brook & Tamar / Tasmania
Nestled within a cocoon of mixed vegetation and rolling hills, Dalrymple enjoys a unique and seductive aspect shared by only a few boutique vineyards littering Tasmania's Pipers River region. Discovered by Dr Bertel Sundstrup in 1987 after a long search for the perfect site, this small mature vineyard is now owned by the Hill Smith family and produces some of Australia's most distinctive cool climate, regional wines.
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SauvBlanc Semillon / Margaret River / WesternAustralia
Cullen are driven by a passion for purity of fruit and perfect balance in the finished wine. Grapes are picked by hand off vines grown to a strict environmentally friendly philosophy. All wines produced at Cullen are certified as biodynamic, carbon neutral and naturally powered. Cullen vary the ratio of Sauvignon Blanc to Semillon with each vintage according to how the varietals perform. Grapes are individually sorted and fermented to indigenous yeasts, with no acid additions and limited fining, permitting the expression of terroir to have a stronger voice in the glass.
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SauvBlanc Semillon / Margaret River / WesternAustralia
Cullen's splendid Margaret River vineyards are cultivated to represent the purest environment in the world, renowned for white wines of character and charm. Climes are similar to that of Bordeaux and the vines positively flourish. Semillon and Sauvignon grown to Mangan Vineyard are characterised by their fine linear structure and rich minerality. Land management and vinification techniques for this unique property differ slightly from those employed for white grapes on other sites, each are tailored to allow the influence of terroir to be fully expressed.
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Chardonnay / Margaret River / WesternAustralia
Kevin John Cullen was a passionate believer in the quality of Margaret River wines and particularly for the potential to achieve one of the world's great Chardonnay growing regions. He established the International Chardonnay Tasting, now in its third decade, to enable the efforts of Margaret River to be compared alongside the best vintages from around the world. Kevin John anticipated that the lessons learned from these comparisons would inspire his winemaking team to optimise the quality of Chardonnay grapes grown to the Cullen estate vineyards.
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