In the summer edition of the ‘Upper Goulburn Food and Wine Cultural News’ newsletter also the wines from this rather new wine region (our wine region!) are mentioned.
One of the “popes” of the wine industry, James Halliday, has included wines from the Upper Goulburn Wine Region in his 2009 edition of the Wine Companion.
The following summary rates some of the regions wines:
2006 Barwite Upper Goulburn Riesling (87)
2006 Buller View Cabernet/Shiraz/Merlot (88 )
2006 Cheviot Bridge Yea Valley Shiraz (94)
2006 Delatite Polly Sparkling Gewuerztraminer (88 )
2006 Growlers Gully Shiraz (90)
2005 Jean Paul’s Vineyard Shiraz (94)
2005 Jean Paul’s Bold Colonial Red Cab/Sav (88 )
2005 Kinloch Wines Mary Friend (90)
2007 Kinloch Sauvignon Blanc (87)
2005 Lost Valley Thousand Hills Shiraz (89)
2007 Lost Valley Cortese (88 )
2004 Mount Cathedral Reserve Merlot (94)
2005 Mount Cathedral Reserve Merlot (90)
2005 Mount Cathedral Chardonnay (89)
2006 Mount Samaria Tempranillo (88 )
2006 Murrindindi Don’t tell your Dad Shiraz (89)
2006 Murrindindi Chardonnay (88 )
2005 Murrindindi Family Reserve Cabernet (88 )
2005 Myrtlevale Vineyard Cab/Sav (88 )
2006 Rubicon Lorna’s Vintage Chardonnay (88 )
2006 Sedona Estate Yea Valley Shiraz (90)
2005 Snobs Creek VSP Shiraz (89)
2006 Snobs Creek Dolcetto Syrah (88 )
2005 Snobs Creek Wooded Chardonnay (87)
2005 Tallarook Chardonnay (92)
2005 Tallarook Marsanne (90)
2006 Tallarook Rousanne (90)
The rating demonstrates once again that the wines from the Upper Goulburn Wine Region are of superior quality. Amzing is also the wide range of varieties and wine styles. It’s a pity that our wines were not included in the tasting. But we have been slack with wine marketing in Australia during the last 12 months.
While celebrating Christmas we tried for the first time a wine from Will de Castella, a ‘2006 Jean Paul’s Vineyard Shiraz’ (the following vintage of the above ’94 point wine’). What a fabulous wine this was. Intensive aromas of plum and blackberry filled our mouths. Our only regret was that we had only one bottle. I bought the wine in the Yea Supermarket (about 20 A$).
PS: By the way, our wine growers association has upgraded its website. Please check it out, its much better than before: www.uppergoulburnwine.org.au
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