Monday 18 July 2016

Sirromet Wines 2013 Signature Collection Chardonnay - Queensland

A MUST-HAVE for Chardy buffs to enjoy
with a Winter's time chicken pot pie. 

GREAT WINES OUT OF HOWLS OF SCORN
David Ellis

ONE night at a dinner with colleagues in Victoria back in the mid-1990s, Queensland businessman Terry Morris mentioned how he'd recently enjoyed a great wine from Queensland's Granite Belt – and was almost laughed out of the room amid cries of there being "no such thing as a great wine from Queensland."

It was the proverbial red rag, and on returning home the entrepreneurial Terry immediately searched that Granite Belt, bought a substantial parcel of land, and established vineyards and a winery that are today not just amongst the most successful in Queensland, but indeed in Australia.

Terry named his venture Sirromet Wines and in 2000 launched his first reds and whites out of this cool-climate region in high country three hours south-west of Brisbane. The rest, as they say, is history… and guess who's laughing now?

Particularly rewarding is his 2013 Sirromet Signature Collection Chardonnay, a must-have for Chardy buffs that's beautifully rich-bodied with creamy green apple and pear flavours, suggestions of cashew paste and ripe rock-melon, and a finishing touch of lime acidity.

At $35 it's a perfect pairing with steamed or grilled fish, or a Winter's chicken pot pie.


for week beginning  18 July 2016

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