BLACK STUMP VIOGNIER
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GOLD SWEDEN in 2017
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- An abundantly flavoured and perfectly balanced white wine in pristine condition.
- In style sitting somewhere between a full bodied Semillon and an oaked Chardonnay.
- Well suited for winter time drinking and a style of white wine preferred by red drinkers.
- It has rich textures and almost sweet tasting but in fact bone dry of sugar for a lean and clean finish.
- Will handle strongly flavoured and spicy foods and is a white meats specialist.
REVIEW
Philip White, Adelaide Indaily, Sept 2015
....Twenty years later, same bloke rocks up with a selection of wines so truly eccentric that they made that Bulgari oddball look mainstream.
Like this beefy Viognier from Clare. It’s one of those wines that floods the table with aroma as you pour it: all those pear and peach and apricot aromas spill across the room, but with the mellowing, burnishing turn of a big white wine at five years of age: it has an alluring autumnal reek.
Looking at those alcohols, and that heady perfume, I expected a much thicker wine than I got: after all that fanfare, the palate’s much tighter and more focused than you’d think. It’s still big, but it’s a slick, steely, polished spear of a wine, very much like some of the more mature Viogniers of Condrieu, but perhaps lacking some of their distinctive phenolic tannins, which makes it a little more like an ageing white Burgundy, and perhaps more approachable than a typically feral Condrieu.
It makes me dribble in the general direction of a hearty chowder (a la Bombora Café, Goolwa) or a seriously complex bouillabaisse (Marseilles).
Philip White, Adelaide Indaily, Sept 2015
....Twenty years later, same bloke rocks up with a selection of wines so truly eccentric that they made that Bulgari oddball look mainstream.
Like this beefy Viognier from Clare. It’s one of those wines that floods the table with aroma as you pour it: all those pear and peach and apricot aromas spill across the room, but with the mellowing, burnishing turn of a big white wine at five years of age: it has an alluring autumnal reek.
Looking at those alcohols, and that heady perfume, I expected a much thicker wine than I got: after all that fanfare, the palate’s much tighter and more focused than you’d think. It’s still big, but it’s a slick, steely, polished spear of a wine, very much like some of the more mature Viogniers of Condrieu, but perhaps lacking some of their distinctive phenolic tannins, which makes it a little more like an ageing white Burgundy, and perhaps more approachable than a typically feral Condrieu.
It makes me dribble in the general direction of a hearty chowder (a la Bombora Café, Goolwa) or a seriously complex bouillabaisse (Marseilles).
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WINESTATE MAGAZINE WINE OF THE YEAR 2015 & 2016 TOP 5 ALTERNATIVE WHITE FINALIST for the Luigi Bormioli Trophy CLARE VALLEY 2010 South Australia Winestate Magazine Posted: April 4, 2017 "A beautifully crafted mature wine showing lovely toasty/honeyed age complexity and an amazing palate length that’s layered, rich and mellow. A big food wine. ************************************* GOLD MEDAL AT THE SWEDEN WINE WATCH From a blind tasting of three hundred Australian and New Zealand Wines held at a reception of the Australian Ambassador in Stockholm. "...the palate massive with great complexity and layered balance." |
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ABOUT
Alcohol: 14.8% v/v
Sugar: Bone Dry
Region: Clare. Single Vineyard, 100%.
Vintage: 2010
Bottled: 180 dozen
Comment: Benefits from bottle age and drinking very well now.
Pronounciation: V-On-(Yeah)
SERVING
Suits: Accompaniment to food: seafood, can handle rich food such as roast pork or chicken, or blue cheese. or spicy.
When: Leading up to the main course or with the main course.
Order: Drink the light and crisp white first, and the full bodied red after.
Temp: 10-12 C and let warm up in the glass.
Sharing: Easily provides satisfaction for a group of 4.
Glass: Chardonnay glass, rounded, fishbowl to capture the bouquet and enhance the full body. Viognier glass or tumbler more straight sided if drinking at cooler temperature.
STYLE
Description: Full bodied a bit like a Chardonnay, with firmer grape tannin, but no astringency.
Character: Temperamental and hard to get along with for winemakers, but treated right gives back in spades.
Pedigree: Rhone Valley in France, sometimes blended to enhance Shiraz.
What it's not: Light, mild or simple.
RECOGNITION
Wine Shows: 3 x bronze medals in 2011; Australian Boutique Winemakers, Small Vignerons Awards, Australian Alternative Varieties Wine Show.
Winestate Magazine 2015: 4.5 stars, and Wine of the Year Top 5 finalist for the Luigi Bormioli Trophy - Alternative Varieties.
Winestate Magazine 2016: Wine of the Year Top 5 finalist for the Luigi Bormioli Trophy.
Sweden Wine Watch 2017: Five Star Rating & Gold Medal.
Testimonials: The winemaker's Dad especially likes it. The winemaker's Auntie (who generally leans towards Chardonnay) loves it.
Alcohol: 14.8% v/v
Sugar: Bone Dry
Region: Clare. Single Vineyard, 100%.
Vintage: 2010
Bottled: 180 dozen
Comment: Benefits from bottle age and drinking very well now.
Pronounciation: V-On-(Yeah)
SERVING
Suits: Accompaniment to food: seafood, can handle rich food such as roast pork or chicken, or blue cheese. or spicy.
When: Leading up to the main course or with the main course.
Order: Drink the light and crisp white first, and the full bodied red after.
Temp: 10-12 C and let warm up in the glass.
Sharing: Easily provides satisfaction for a group of 4.
Glass: Chardonnay glass, rounded, fishbowl to capture the bouquet and enhance the full body. Viognier glass or tumbler more straight sided if drinking at cooler temperature.
STYLE
Description: Full bodied a bit like a Chardonnay, with firmer grape tannin, but no astringency.
Character: Temperamental and hard to get along with for winemakers, but treated right gives back in spades.
Pedigree: Rhone Valley in France, sometimes blended to enhance Shiraz.
What it's not: Light, mild or simple.
RECOGNITION
Wine Shows: 3 x bronze medals in 2011; Australian Boutique Winemakers, Small Vignerons Awards, Australian Alternative Varieties Wine Show.
Winestate Magazine 2015: 4.5 stars, and Wine of the Year Top 5 finalist for the Luigi Bormioli Trophy - Alternative Varieties.
Winestate Magazine 2016: Wine of the Year Top 5 finalist for the Luigi Bormioli Trophy.
Sweden Wine Watch 2017: Five Star Rating & Gold Medal.
Testimonials: The winemaker's Dad especially likes it. The winemaker's Auntie (who generally leans towards Chardonnay) loves it.
WINEMAKER COMMENT
It is rare to find a European influenced style like this with appropriate bottle age on the shelf at all, and at this price. It's a good opportunity to break out from the usual stylistic choices for a new experience. The wine seems to keep getting better and now is in a very generous frame of mind like a big ripe piece of yellow fruit. It still retains some green tones which bodes well for a long life yet.
It is rare to find a European influenced style like this with appropriate bottle age on the shelf at all, and at this price. It's a good opportunity to break out from the usual stylistic choices for a new experience. The wine seems to keep getting better and now is in a very generous frame of mind like a big ripe piece of yellow fruit. It still retains some green tones which bodes well for a long life yet.
Awarded in 2017
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Awarded in 2016
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Awarded in 2015
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Awarded in 2011
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Awarded in 2011
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