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We set out this year to make a fine and delicate SBS style that not only had lift and zing on the nose but also some fine body on the palate. Drawing some high quality Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon grapes from our Margaret River vineyards, we gently processed the fruit to ensure maximum flavour and aroma retention. Early bottling is a key element in ensuring that the wine has maximum freshness and aromaticity.
TASTING NOTES
Colour: Pale green
Aroma: Typical Sauvignon aromas, zingy and fresh asparagus with hints of lime. Very lifted and pure.
Palate: Fresh and vibrant with tremendous initial lift of limes and melon fruits with a long and persistent finish. A small addition of Chardonnay gives some soft body in the middle palate, perfectly balancing the tight and racy Semillon that runs through the wine. Overall a finely honed and fresh fruited style for which Margaret River is justly famous.
Food matching: Rottnest crayfish on the back of a boat in Geordie Bay.
Cellaring: Enjoy now
Alcohol: 12% vol Standard drinks: approx 7
MEDALS
International Wine & Spirit Competition
November 2009
SILVER
Perth Royal Show
September 2009
BRONZE
Recent Reviews
Winestate Magazine - Wine 100
October 2009
Really fresh and zesty, the wine has a stamp of regional roasting herbs and carries aromas of citrus-soaked gravel. The palate is crisp and fresh, moving into riper smoother tropical fruit flavour, some stone fruit too, finishing with lips-smacking crunch. Delicious! (91 points).
Reviews for Swings SBS 2007
Ray Jordan's WA Wine Guide 2009
November 2008
Has a little more firepower than the previous leaner vintage. Plenty of intensely flavoursone fruit on the nose and palate, with those lightly herbaceous tropical fruit characters well to the fore. Drinking well over the next year. 86/100
Winestate Magazine Semillon & Blends Tasting
September 2008
5 Stars and Top in Category
Tight and lean but very flavoursome wine with incredible length, and brimming over with passionfruit, asparagus and peach-like flavours that fill the mouth and linger long after the wine's gone.
James Halliday 2009 Wine Companion
August 2008
4.5 Glasses Fine and precise, with varietal herbaceous notes and ample fruit that follows through to the even finish 90 Points Drink to 2010.
Australian Gourmet Traveller Wine Magazine
August 2008
Top 100 New Releases
89 Points 4 stars Dusty herbal semillon aromas are foremost, with a lick of honey. It's a delicate, crisp, light bodied dry white, with some european aspects of honey and malt that take it in a different direction to most of its brethren. Huon Hooke
Winestate Magazine Best of the West
May 2008
4 Stars & Equal Top in Category
A beautifully varietal and vibrant bouquet. Well balanced palate with great fleshy texture and exciting stonefruit/grassy/citrus flavours. Attractive fruit sweetness.
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