Description / Reviews
"Aromas of grapefruit, white peach, almond meal, wet rock, and lemongrass. The palate is linear and long, with stony mouthfeel, preserved lemon flavours, and a delicate nutty phenolic line balanced by bright, cleansing acidity." - Southern Light Vineyards, Winemaker
"Whole-bunch pressed to a combination of 300L and 500L French oak (35% new). A light, bright green gold. Aromas of white peach, grapefruit and subtle oak spice. The palate is gently textured with a fine line of acidity that provides freshness and drive. Finishes chalky and long. Drinking beautifully now and should develop well over the next four to six years." - 95 Points, Philip Rich, Halliday Wine Companion
"Nillumbik. Two blocks. 110V5 clone planted 1984. Bernard 95 clone planted 2002. 35% new oak. The packaging is very nice on these wines too. The enterprise is funded by the Joval Wine Group, so it’s an own-brand of sorts, though the ambition to create fine wine is certainly there.
White peach, lemon oil, aniseed/mint, cashew, a whisper of struck match, crystallised ginger and cedar oak. It’s juicy in citrus flavour and tang, quite flinty and tight, nutty and saline, with a green mango finish of excellent length and dry grip. It’s perhaps a little biscuitty in oak at present, but has energy and verve to counter. Very good." - 94 Points, Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
"Light-mid yellow colour, bright; wheaty aromas, cashewnut too, the palate lean and tense and undeveloped, with a fine acid line and fruit driving it, a touch straightforward on the day but has potential to age and develop more detail with time." - 92 Points, Huon Hooke, The Real Review
