Tasting note
Colour - Mid-gold hue.

Aroma - Forward lime and blossom aromas with a light creaminess.

Taste - Very citrussy with an underlying creamy peach character and just a hint of spice. Crisp acidity.

	Type:Still White Wine		Country:Australia		Appellation:Riverina
	Grape Type:Verdelho		Drink Before:End of 2009		Style:Dry
	Alcohol:13.5%		Bottle Size:75cl		Bottle Code:26605

Description
Verdelho is currently the hippest white grape in Australia. Not that there is so much of it planted Down Under, but it is the grape to be seen drinking in the bars around Sydney Harbour. When young, it has a wonderful vibrance and aromatic freshness not dissimilar to Sauvignon Blanc. Then, with age, it develops a lovely creamy nuttiness with just a hint of spice. It is in fact a Portuguese grape that is used most frequently in the sweet fortified wine of Madeira ... all the more surprising then that it produces such delicious crisp, dry whites in Oz. The secret is, that even in extreme heat, it manages to hold onto its innate acidity.

This lively 2007 is from De Bortoli, one of the best-loved family wineries in all Australia. Founded in 1928 in Griffith, New South Wales, they now also own a cellar and vineyards in the premium Hunter and Yarra Valleys. Every year, they garner a huge number of awards, including, in 2007, two for 'Winery of the Year' from critics Stuart McGregor and Peter Forrestall in his book Quaff. McGregor wrote of them "This is a family winery that is showing the way forward. Every winery in Australia could learn something from De Bortoli." In 2004, he awarded them the same accolade writing "through their entire range ... value for money is always paramount. You can't go past a De Bortoli wine for a sure thing." Their most famous wine is Noble One, a tremendous sweetie, that reaps over ten awards each vintage.