Out Of The Bottle
With David Ellis 2010 Organic Bianco Puro (Pure White) & 2008 Cumulus Shiraz
The
Hunter Valley’s First Creek has come up with a couple of interesting
wines for those into an organic-food lifestyle: a 2010 Organic Bianco
Puro (Pure White) and a 2010 Organic Rosso Puro (Pure Red.)
And
while production was around 4000 cases you might have to be quick to
grab your choice – already 1500 cases are on their way to Sweden where
there’s a big market for organic wine.
We were particularly
taken by the First Creek 2010 Organic Bianco Puro, and probably with
good reason: winemaker was this year’s Hunter Valley Wine Society
Winemaker of the Year, Liz Jackson who was Young Winemaker of the Year
2007, and made the 2010 NSW Wine Awards’ Wine of the Year.
The
Bianco Puro is a blend of Verdelho, Chardonnay and Semillon from
vineyards that engaged in minimal chemical use, while in the winemaking
process there was equally minimal intervention – allowing First Creek
to be granted the status of Australian Certified Organic.
The
wine has nice lime/lemongrass aromas and these characteristics
follow-through on the palate, making it an ideal partner with pan-fried
or grilled fish, or white meats such as pan-fried veal chops topped
with winter vegetables.
Pay $25; check-out www.firstcreekwines.com.au if you can’t find it. One For Lunch
Cumlus
Estate Wines have just released the 2008 Cumulus Shiraz from their
cool-climate, high-altitude vineyards at Orange in the NSW Central
West, a Gold Medal and Top Ten winner at this year’s France Syrah du
Monde Awards.
Loaded with dark cherry, red berry, licorice and
spice flavours, it’s good-value at $30 to share with sweet and spicy
BBQ pork spareribs. Or think about the cellar: this one’s got a good 15
years in it.
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