Urlar 2017 Sauvignon Blanc and SP Noble Riesling, and 2016 The Mediator Pinot Noir

FEATURED WINES IN THIS REVIEW

• Urlar Gladstone Sauvignon Blanc 2017
  Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand - Wairarapa & Wellington

  Review Date : 25-Mar-2018

  ☆☆☆☆☆

  Bright, even, pale straw-yellow colour with slight green hues. The nose is elegantly fragrant in expression with gently pack, fresh aromas of pungent passionfruit along with subtle notes of fresh herbs, snow peas, nettles and a little cut-grass. This is in the cooler spectrum, and unfolds thirst-quenching mineral elements. Medium-bodied, the palate has a firm core of pungent passionfruit entwined with green stonefruits and subtle cool-spectrum notes of snow peas and nettles. The fruit forms a taut and concentrated core and the wine flows along a light phenolic-textured line with lacy acidity lending energy, leading to a light, lingering finish of passionfruit and fragrant herbs. This is an elegant and taut Sauvignon Blanc with a fine core of passionfruit, stonefruit, herb and nettle flavours on a fine-textured, lively palate. Serve as an aperitif and with Pacific Rim fare over the next 2 years. Fruit fermented in stainless-steel with 10% in seasoned oak to 12.5% alc. and 2.2 g/L RS, the wine aged 6 months on lees with batonnage. Certified BioGro organic. 17.5/20 Mar 2018 RRP $25.00
• The Mediator by Urlar Gladstone Pinot Noir 2016
  Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand - Wairarapa & Wellington

  Review Date : 26-Sep-2016

  ☆☆☆☆☆

  Bright, even straw-yellow colour with pale golden hues, lighter on the rim. This has a tight and firm nose packed with aromas of nectarines and greengages along with subtle herb, nutty, and flinty mineral detail. A little secondary green-bean suggestion emerges with aeration. Dry to taste and medium-bodied, the palate possesses a finely concentrated core with complexing layers of green stonefruits, an array of herbs, and nutty, flint and mineral elements. The mouthfeel is rounded with a good heart of fruit depth, the palate enlivened by lacy acidity. A soft-textured line carries the wine to a long, lingering finish of greengages, herbs and spices with mineral interest. This is an elegantly concentrated, complex-layered, oak and lees influenced Sauvignon Blanc with green stonefruit flavours, and nutty and mineral detail. Match with herb-marinated poultry, pork and veal dishes over the next 3 years. Fruit from a single site in the Wairarapa, fully barrel-fermented to 13.5% alc. and dryness, the wine aged 9 months in older oak barrels on lees with batonnage. 17.5/20 Sep 2016 RRP $15.99
• Urlar ‘Select Parcels’ Gladstone Noble Riesling 2017
  Sweet Wine from New Zealand - Wairarapa & Wellington

  Review Date : 25-Mar-2018

  ☆☆☆☆☆

  Bright, light golden-yellow colour with some depth, a little lighter on the rim. The nose is soft and full with gently concentrated and rounded aromas of ripe tropical fruits, exotic florals, honey and marmalade along with a musky overlay, unfolding caramel elements. This is expressed with a degree of aromatic finesse and elegance. Very sweet to taste and medium-bodied, the palate has a softly packed and rounded heart of opulent and decadent tropical fruit, along with notes of wild honey, marmalade and musk, unveiling some caramel elements. The mouthfeel is lively and vigorous, and richness and unctuousness, and the wine flows along a smooth line supported by subtle, underlying acidity. The flavours carry positively to a long and sustained finish of honey, caramel and musk. This is a rich and unctuous Noble Riesling with ripe tropical fruit, honey, marmalade and musk flavours with good palate energy and vigour. Match with fruit desserts and crème caramel over the next 4+ years. Hand-picked fruit with approx. 75% botrytis infection, fermented to 11.3% alc. and 131 g/L RS, TA 8.2 g/L and pH 3.6, the wine aged 6 months in seasoned oak. (375 ml) 18.0+/20 Mar 2018 RRP $32.00