Wine Reviews

Water Wheel “Memsie” Sauvignon Blanc Semillon Rousanne 2004

15 May 2005

Baby it’s cold outside, well it is where I’m sitting in Sydney today, and dark, overcast and miserably wet outside.

It’s been like this for a few days. Summer is but a distant memory and the cool autumnal mornings   reminder of what is to come.

The sort of day you think I really, really don’t want to work. Ok, then, let’s just shut our eyes for a moment and go back a few weeks to a recent Saturday afternoon when you had some friends over, the barbeque going and you were cracking some fine bottles of wine open.

Imagine having a glass of this white blend from Bendigo in your hand, brilliant  water  white  in  colour, all  young,  fresh,  delicate and  very  pleasant. 

Easy  drinking,  just  gliding  down  that throat - light bodied and medium dry in finish. Lots of tropical fruit (you imagine you are on some Hawaiian island), some  hints  of  spice and  lots  of  zest  yet  underpinned  by  subtleness. 

All  this  while  you are  taking  out  some Tasmanian  scallops  marinated  in  lime  juice  to  sizzle  on  the  bbq  to  have  with  the  dozen  Sydney  Rock  oysters  you just shucked (what   legend, you are!). This is just sensational, you say, you glance at the bottle, and you say to your
friends,  how  do  they  do  it  for  the  price!  (About  $12).  Gee,  summer  is  great,  isn’t  it?  Snap!  Sorry,  the  fun’s  over.

Now get back to work!!! Ah, but I forgot, only wine writers have to work on Saturdays!

Paul Ippolito
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