Varietal

White Wine

From racy, crisp, Riesling, to rich full-bodied Chardonnay the white wine world has an incredible array of wine styles on offer.

Head to the Rhône Valley, where you’ll, Viognier, Roussane and Marsanne with their amazing textures and spice. Cross the border to Italy and it’s Arneis, Verdicchio, Greco, Carricante, and, Garganega offering up often flavours very different to those of Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc.

Revel in the diversity of white wine styles created, as winemakers seek to balance sugar, acid, alcohol, phenolics, the use of oak, lees, and, skin contact to create wines of harmony and personality.

Perhaps in Riesling more than any other white wine will you find nearly every style imaginable.

The wine world is producing better wines than ever before. In regions where laws permit broad experimentation with growing and making white wines is resulting in rapid evolution and refinement of styles.

Australia’s push to evolve Chardonnay is the perfect example!

Angels from Altitude!

3 treasures from high-altitude vineyards of incredible natural beauty to match the wines they yield!

Ansitz Waldgries Südtiroler Weissburgunder Riserva ‘ITOS’ 2020

Weissburgunder | Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy

What he achieves by a combo of half vinified in stainless steel and half the ferments in barrel, is the ideal melding of the racy with the complex and textured. A pretty flash Weissburgunder AKA Pinot Bianco! Excellent drinking. A layer of that shroomy, wet wool earthy funk I often see, and enjoy in high acid whites. White flowers perfume. Ripe white grapefruit. Counterpointed with a little stonefruit, fresh and zippy. Chalky acid with a dusting of phenolics adds cleansing grip. Superb long

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Domaine de Beudon Fendant Chasselas Vieille Vigne AOC Valais 2020

Chasselas | Valais, Switzeland

Delicious spiced, pear, perfumed with flowers, almost flinty, lovely phenolics, textural and fine, long and even, gentle, flowing, resolved. Savoury. Subtle layered intrigue. Fine acid profile. Bloody fun wine. The last time I had a Chasselas it was from an old planting in Victoria the origin of which I can’t remember. I ended up buying cases of it as a cleanskin for personal consumption. Its memory prompted me to try this wine from the “vineyard in the sky”. From the incredibl

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Domaine de Beudon Petite Arvine AOC Valais 2020

White Blend | Valais, Switzeland

Lovely perfume and lift, textural almost Viognier & Traminer-seque. Big slippery oily phenolic texture. Exceptional perfume spice, marzipan, quince and fejoa, jasmine white flowers, great intensity. Very good. Delicacy with intensity and intrigue! A variety rarely seen outside Valais, Switzerland. Its standing demonstrated by attempts from Angelo Gaja and Michel Chapoutier to work with this somewhat belligerent grape to grow. From Valais in Switzerland and one of the world’s

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Just Landed!

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Philipponnat Clos des Goisses L.V. 1997

Pinot Noir | Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, Champagne

The latest release from Philipponnat's L.V. program, their late-disgorged ex-maison releases This year also sees the 1997 release of Philipponnat’s L.V. or Long Vieillissement i.e., ‘long aging’ project. It is widely accepted that the Clos des Goisses is one of the finest wines in Champagne for aging and needs at least 10-15 years to unveil its true majesty. “Gorgeous nutty nose, dark golden in colour but completely belying the freshness and racy energy within the glass. Bu

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Philipponnat Clos des Goisses Juste Rosé 2012

Pinot Noir | Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, Champagne

2012 Philipponnat Clos des Goisses Juste Rosé “The just-released 2012 Extra-Brut Clos des Goisses Juste Rosé shares the vinous, textural profile of the regular Clos des Goisses in this vintage, offering up aromas of mirabelle plum, crisp orchard fruits, white flowers, frangipane and papaya. Full-bodied, broad and fleshy, it’s a rich, muscular Champagne of considerable depth and persistence.” William Kelley, The Wine Advocate 95 Points AG 95 AK 97 JR 18

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Philipponnat Clos des Goisses MAGNUM 2013

Pinot Noir | Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, Champagne

“Surpassing even the 2012 and 2008, Philipponnat's 2013 Extra-Brut Clos des Goisses looks to be the finest vintage of this cuvée in several decades, at least on first acquaintance. Deriving from only the six core parcels out of the 13 that make up the Clos des Goisses, it's a striking wine, evoking aromas of crisp yellow orchard fruit, Anjou pear, clear honey, bee pollen, stone fruit and iodine. Full-bodied, layered and vinous, its textural attack segues into a deep, concentrated and tight

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Philipponnat Clos des Goisses 2013

Pinot Noir | Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, Champagne

“Surpassing even the 2012 and 2008, Philipponnat's 2013 Extra-Brut Clos des Goisses looks to be the finest vintage of this cuvée in several decades, at least on first acquaintance. Deriving from only the six core parcels out of the 13 that make up the Clos des Goisses, it's a striking wine, evoking aromas of crisp yellow orchard fruit, Anjou pear, clear honey, bee pollen, stone fruit and iodine. Full-bodied, layered and vinous, its textural attack segues into a deep, concentrated and tight

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Château Grillet 2020

Viognier | Rhône Valley, Château Grillet

The perfume alone is enough to make your heart race! Château Grillet (pronounced Gree-yay) makes one of the world’s most sublime white wines from Viognier. It’s price is heading into the stratosphere. I loved playing with the Viognier at Yarra Yering, may have been from Grillet cuttings, may not ….. and was fortunate to drink my fair share of Grillet. For years there was never enough Viognier at YY to make an individual white wine. It was always co-fermented with Shiraz to make the Dr

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Rainoldi ‘Cuvée Maria Vittoria’ Nebbiolo Rosé Nature 2016

Blend | Valtellina, Inferno

First released in 1980! Rainoldi's top sparkling 'Cuvée Maria Vittoria' is a 0 dose blend of Chiavennasca 92% A.K.A Nebbiolo, Pignola 4%, Rossola 4%. The base sparkling wine rests in steel tanks until the spring following the harvest. After the tirage or second fermentation, the wine is aged in bottle for at least 60 months. Vineyards in the municipalities of Ponte in Valtellina and Teglio at 500-730m above sea level NOTE on the 2018 Brut Rosé Cracking 'Metodo Classico' fizz from V

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Pietradolce 'Archineri' Etna Bianco 2021 by Paul Kaan for Wine Decoded

Pietradolce ‘Archineri’ Etna Bianco 2021

Carricante | Sicily, Etna

I have an ever-growing soft spot for the whites of Mount Etna, they have seen great leaps in quality over recent times. The fruit for Pietradolce’s Arhcineri Etna Bianco is sourced from pre-phylloxera vines planted at 850-900 metres on the eastern slopes near Milo, the undisputed white growing sub-region of Mount Etna. You’ll find the whites from Milo to be generally a cooler reflection of Carricante with slightly lower alcohol, higher acid and minerality. The precision and purity her

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Terre de l'Elu 'Parfum d'Eden' Chenin Blanc 2021

Terre de l’Elu ‘Parfum d’Eden’ Chenin Blanc 2021

Chenin Blanc | Loire Valley, Anjou

New Cuvée from 2021 – A parcel in chaume worked separately. This terroir is often used for sweet wines. Makes a great dry according to Thomas (...and Me!) highlighting again the importance of the flavour and phenolics from the skins. Yields of just 15-20Hl/Ha from very old vines give us a wine that is a delight in the glass! Half to ⅓ of DRC's yields! Fermentation in new wood aged in the same wood for 1 year then 5 months in stainless. This is the same as for the Bastingage. F

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A.Rodda ‘Smiths Vineyard – Triangle Block’ Beechworth Chardonnay 2021

Chardonnay | Victoria, Australia

"The Triangle block, on the Smith's vineyard, consists of just 183 vines. Whole-bunch pressed, fermented in one new puncheon and one seasoned hogshead, 12 months oak maturation on lees. Consistently a stand-out wine from vintage to vintage, and one revealing deep concentration and precision. A study in cool-climate beauty, of spring blossoms, citrus and white peach, lightly spiced and dressed in a nutty, leesy complexity. Runs deep and long, and oh-so beautifully in balance. A delight on

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Schloss Gobelsburg Ried ‘Gaisberg’ 1ÖTW Erste Lage Kamptal Riesling 2021

Riesling | Niederösterreich, Austria

Schloss Gobelsburg have got élévage all sorted! Exposure to oxygen at the right times in the right amounts for the right length of time has a clear and impressive impact on the phenolics and the textural components. Lovely scent of elderflower and citrus blossom. Very subtle green leafy herb and perhaps a faint mint. Excellent acid profile and weight with length and flow from a fine texture with just enough phenolic grip to act as a cleansing element. Mid-palate weight combines with excel

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A.J.Adam Dhroner Hofberg Spätlese Riesling 2017

Riesling | Mosel, Germany

AP 12.18 The 2017er Dhroner Hofberg Spätlese was harvested at 92° Oechsle in a prime parcel planted in the 1950s. It delivers a beautiful nose of whipped cream, vineyard peach, smoke, almond, earl grey and yellow plum. The wine offers great, almost concentrated presence on the mid-palate, yet a juicy and racy kick of acidity adds layers upon layers of freshness and intensity to the finish. This is a great success! 2027-2047 Jean Fisch & David Rayer, Mosel Fine Wines 94 Points

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Domaine Thierry Laffay Chablis 1er ‘Vaillons’ 2020

Chardonnay | France, Burgundy

The most mineral of the 1er's This is where it’s at line length precision harmony. Wicked acid yet the fruit to back it. Fine linear, salty, heading more down the citrus line with a little long ferment nuttiness and Crème Patissiere. Great shape. Crystalline purity. There are things happening here. Consumed Oct 2023 Those things have been happening! Over the course of the year a little flesh has been added to the bones, the fermentation artifacts have layered in seamlessly and the b

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Domaine Thierry Laffay Chablis 1er ‘Vaillons’ 2021

Chardonnay | France, Burgundy

The most mineral of the 1er's The funk. Is there again. The cut is there, the step up in acid with the more linear elegant fruit and power over the top. There is something here that gives me a feel of Brézé / Savennieres Chenin from the Loire Valley. A little quince thing happening, baking spice, super chalking acid and a little phenolics offering cleansing texture. Plenty of length to follow. A note on the 2021's: The 2021 Laffay's are a blast from the classically styled Chablis of the 1

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Domaine Thibert Saint-Véran ‘Bois de Fée’ 2017

Chardonnay | Pouilly-Fuisse, Burgundy

“The 2017 Saint-Véran Bois de Fée mingles notes of citrus oil, crisp green apple and Anjou pear with an elegant patina of almond paste and vanilla pod. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and layered, with tangy acids and a long, saline finish, it has turned out very well.” William Kelley

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Terroir al Límit Terra de Cuques 2019

White Blend | Spain, Catalunya

Huber's Village white is incredibly intriguing. It's rare to see so much packed into a wine & for it to have such poise at the same time! Terra De Cuques - which translates as 'place of the fireflies' - takes its name from the fireflies that light up the landscape in this area at night. Fireflies are extremely sensitive to chemical contamination, like ladybirds, and their presence indicates a healthy vineyard environment. Terra de Cuques is a blend of 90% Pedro Ximénez from the clay soils fr

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Vigneti Massa Timorasso ‘Derthona’ 2019

Timorasso | Colli Tortonesi, Italy

From near extinction the Massa family have saved Timorasso, for that I am truly thankful! Massa's Derthona is the perfect introduction to the variety. It's alway more complete than the 'Picolo Derthona' with a build in richness, more golden colour. Delicious, saline minerality, excellent acid profile, build in phenolics and carry through to a cleansing silvery line of bitterness + apricot kernel. The 2019 is another success from Massa & Piggy. A bolder slightly riper incarnation than the

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Domaine du Closel Savennières ‘La Jalousie’ Chenin Blanc 2020

Chenin Blanc | Savennières, France

A delicious Jalouise. Quince and Fejoa with a little baking spice. Building in depth with decent length in the glass. Textural phenolics play nicely with chalky acid complexed by hazelnut and crème pat from lees. Vivacious and refreshing. It’ll be lovely to see this fill out with a little more bottle age. Lemon oil and zest at play. Let it warm a little. The perfect intro to the fresher styles of Savennières. It will offer load more with time in bottle!

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Müller-Catoir Bürgergarten Erste Lage Riesling 2019

Riesling | Pfalz, Germany

One of the Benchmark Pfalz Estates! Update Nov 2023 Two years on the Erste Lage has resolved & the epic tension of its youth has relaxed. The Pfalz tends to make wines of a weight between the Mosel and Reinhessen. This one is true to form with plenty of zip and energy. Wonderfully expressive with a flowing long finish. Great drinking with more to come! Paul Kaan, WINE DECODED Perfumed with freshly grated lime zest, basil, white pepper and blossoming jasmine rising from the glass,

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Max Ferdinand Richter Wehlener Sonnenuhr Auslese** Faß 24 HALF 2020

Riesling | Mosel, Germany

Barrel Selection "AP: 15 21. The 2020er Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese ** - 24 - was made from 40% botrytized fruit picked at 115° Oechsle and was fermented down to noble-sweet levels of residual sugar (120 g/l). It offers a still rather backward nose made of smoky elements and only faint scents of melon, pineapple, apricot, and herbs. The wine is hugely racy and beautifully focused on the palate and leaves a mouthwatering feel of herbs, faint flavors of subtly exotic fruits, and spices in

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Willi Schaefer Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese #10 2020

Riesling | Mosel-Saar-Ruwer, Germany

AP: 10 21. The 2020er Graacher Domprobst Riesling Spätlese AP 10 was harvested mainly in different prime sectors of the vineyard and was fermented down to sweet levels of residual sugar. It offers a beautiful and subtly exotic nose made of pear, passion fruit, vineyard peach, apricot, whipped cream, aniseed herbs, and fine smoky spices. The wine is gorgeously light-footed on the fruity palate and leaves a superbly intense feel of melon, cassis, wet stone, and herbs in the nicely playfully fruit

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75 Year Old Vines!

Domaine Thibert Pouilly-Fuissé Cuvée Heritage 2018

Chardonnay | Pouilly-Fuisse, Burgundy

“Pretty aromas of peach, white flowers, green apple and lemon rind. There is excellent, indeed almost painful, intensity to the solidly concentrated medium weight flavors that exude a refreshing salinity on the bone dry and citrus-suffused finish. At least some patience advised. ♥ Outstanding Allen Meadows, Burghound

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Weingut Nikolaihof Gutswein Riesling 2017

Riesling | Wachau, Austria

This became the Nikolaihof “manor” wine after a natural fermentation stop. Bright and intense on the nose, with aromas of minerality, wet forest floor, sweet peach, white flowers, and a hint of dry bread and honey. It fits perfectly with Asian and spicy dishes due to its light sweetness. Clear and intense on the nose, with aromas of minerality, forest floor, sweet peach, white flowers and a hint of dry bread and honey with a slightly sweet aftertaste. **DUE MID-2024**

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Weingut Nikolaihof Chardonnay 2019

Chardonnay | Wachau, Austria

Variety: 100% Chardonnay Region: Wachau Vineyard: Own vineyards. Soil Type: Loess soil on Danube gravel Alcohol: 13.5% Acidity: 6.2 grams per liter Residual sugar: 6 grams per liter **DUE MID-2024**

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Weingut Nikolaihof Neuburger 2022

Neuburger | Wachau, Austria

Neuburger is a traditional but little-known Austrian grape. You can also find it in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and in Romania. Neuburger is a Roter Veltliner x Silvaner cross. This Neuburger has a full and soft taste and has a seductive scent of blooming flower meadows in summer. **REVIEW OF THE 2020** The 2020 Wachau Neuburger is initially much more on the Chardonnay side than it reminds me of the Wachau, particularly if served next to the Gelber Muskateller like in my case. It take

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