Recognition

The following article featured in The Australian 5/08/2015

Brian Croser says the future of Australia’s fine wine lies in the country’s cool-climate areas

WILL LYONS

Can you name the world’s great fine-wine regions? This wine con- noisseurs’ parlour game usually

appealed to Bennie. “A pretty but rich perfume of stewed fruits, plum and prunes with some cinnamon and mara- schino cherry,” he said. “A fleshy palate with ample dark fruits and tinged with choc-mint flavour. Chalky tannins, finishes fresh and

Very appealing red and dark fruit aromas combine with smoky, toasty savoury notes and hints of dried herbs. Complex, subtly powerful with smooth, effortless tannins. Impressive.

96 points

Bright, youthful crimson; the bouquet is particularly fragrant, with red fruits, rose petal and cedar aromas; the palate moves into another gear, with intensely flavoured redcurrant, cigar box and a hint of earth ex the oak; the length and persistence