Out Of The Bottle
With David Ellis 2010 Mount Pleasant Florence Sauvignon Blanc & Apple Tree Flat 2009 Shiraz
It's
ninety years since the legendary Maurice O’Shea established what is now
McWilliams’ Mount Pleasant label, and not only was he an innovative
winemaker, he had some innovative marketing ideas for the time as well.
One
of these was to names wines after people he knew well and which he
believed reflected the personalities of those family and friends:
probably the best knows of these Family Collection labels are Elizabeth
Semillon and Philip Shiraz, and now they’re joined by a
most-interesting 2010 Mount Pleasant Florence Sauvignon Blanc.
This
is named after Florence Reuben who was the wife of Maurice O’Shea’s
close friend, the highly-decorated World War I and WWII serviceman,
David Reuben. Mount Pleasant Winemaker, Scott McWilliam sourced grapes
from no less than seven vineyards across the Adelaide Hills to create
this wine.
This diversity from the cooler area just above
McLaren Vale in the south to the warmer Forreston region in the north,
has resulted in a wine that’s beautifully refreshing, generous and
racy, with loads of passionfruit and lime flavours and a touch of
minerality. Pay $17.99 and match it with your favourite seafoods. One For Lunch
With
autumnal and soon warming winter fare starting to come to mind,
consider a Sunday lunch of roast Ormiston Free Range pork belly from
Mudgee in the NSW Central West, and a good bottle of Peter Logan’s
Apple Tree Flat 2009 Shiraz from the same region to go with it.
Not
only is it a great cooler weather combination, you can’t look past the
quality of this wine – nor the price: at just $11 it’s a winner for
this Sunday lunch combo, with aromas of a summer pudding full of
berries and plums and plenty of fruit and spice on the palate.
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