Out Of The Bottle
With
David Ellis
Three Ponds Verdelho - Ideal with Brunch Seafood Platter
WHILE Verdelho is still somewhat of a niche wine in this country,
it’s a variety that deserves more attention for its ability to go so
well with food – in its home country of Portugal it’s a natural with
seafoods, but you’ll find it equally rewarding with dishes based on
light meats such as pork, veal and chicken.
Mount Eyre in the
NSW Hunter Valley produces a very-moreish Verdelho under its premium
Three Ponds label, sourcing fruit from a vineyard on the sandy loam
river flats along Monkey Place Creek at Broke, and first planted in the
1970s.
Its 2011 Three Ponds Verdelho came from an ideal vintage
and is very much in the style of Portuguese Verdelho, with plenty of
nice tropical and citrus aromas and flavours.
Enjoy it
nicely cold but not too much so, pairing with a Sunday brunch seafood
platter or barbecued pork, veal and chicken as its fans do back in
homeland Portugal. The Three Ponds 2011 is well-priced at $19.95.
One For Lunch
WEATHER patterns in the Awatere Valley of the Marlborough
region of New Zealand’s South Island can most probably be best
described as “harsh:” rainfall is low, sunshine rates are high, the
nights are cool and the area can be almost constantly hammered by high
winds. But 2011 delivered a surprise, with the vintage enjoying
warmer than usual days and still-cool nights that played right into the
hands of local winemakers, delivering them fruit that brimmed with
varietal flavours, structure and intensity. At Yealands Estate
their 2011 Pinot Noir proved particularly exciting and a 2011 Pinot
Noir Rosé that’s just been released is a lovely drop with luscious ripe
strawberry and raspberry flavours and mouth watering acidity. Pay
$24.95 and enjoy on its own – or team it up, as we did, with a good
Bouillabaisse.
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