Dopff au Moulin Pinot Blanc 2010 & Zeppelin Barossa Valley Shiraz 2009
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Zeppelin Barossa
Valley Shiraz 2009
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When the family's been making wine since 1574 and today 13th generation members
are at the helm, you know you must be doing something right, and certainly
that's the case with Dopff au Moulin in France's Alsace region.
Headed by Pierre-Etienne Dopff and with Pascal Batot leading the winemaking
team, the wines of this oldest family-owned and run winery in Alsace are now
exported worldwide, including to Australia where for the past four decades
they've been imported exclusively by the Dan Murphy liquor store chain.
The 2010 vintage in Alsace was an exceptional one, and one resultant wine in
particular, the 2010 Dopff au Moulin Pinot Blanc is nicely fresh, light and dry
with a mild acidity and with nice melon and pear flavours. Fruit was
hand-selected off some 70 hectares of vineyards stretching across Alsace, and
remarkably this interesting and excellent drop sells here for just $12.99.
At this price grab a couple of bottles and enjoy with what other than Quiche
Lorraine - considered a classic French dish today, but actually originating some
centuries ago in Germany's old kingdom of Lothringen, that was later re-named
Lorraine when it came under French control.
One For Lunch:
Kym Teusner and Corey Ryan, the winemaking power behind Zeppelin in the Barossa
Valley, choose to use fruit from vines 60 to 80 years old, to pay homage they
say to the Valley's rich German heritage.
Kym's 2009 Zeppelin Barossa Valley Shiraz came off a single vineyard he owns in
the Angaston Hills, the fruit being hand-harvested, crushed in small open
fermenters, fermentation then finished in-tank and the wine matured in older oak
for 18 months.
The result is a great drop with forward blackberry and plum flavours and nice
tannins, and ideal with most grilled meats or a meat-lovers pizza; pay $18.
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