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Zerella Wines La Gita McLaren Vale Arneis 2018

Posted: March 7, 2023

Attractive toasty bottle age on the nose and palate with good, sweet notes and acid balance.

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De Bortoli Wines Rutherglen Estate Rutherglen Arneis 2022

Posted: March 7, 2023

The nose is lifted and tropical with hints of spices. Palate fills the mouth with lightly spicy peach flavours.

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Nepenthe Pinnacle Adelaide Hills Arneis 2021

Posted: September 3, 2022

Nice spicy/herbal lift to the peach nose. Great palate, creamy in the mouth with layers of spicy fruit and acid.

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De Bortoli Wines Rutherglen Estate Rutherglen Arneis 2021

Posted: September 3, 2022

Pretty, delicate stonefruit fragrances with good fruit intensity on the palate and the acid building nicely to the finish.

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Fowles Wine Stone Dwellers Single Vineyard Strathbogie Ranges Arneis 2021

Posted: September 3, 2022

Lifted varietal aromas and a complex potpourri palate with nice acid crunchiness.

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Rutherglen Estate Rutherglen Arneis 2021

Posted: July 21, 2022

Delicate floral citrus bouquet and crisp tropical fruit palate with a good acid line.

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Billy Button The Little Rascal Alpine Valleys Arneis 2021

Posted: July 21, 2022

A clean fruit driven style with nice intensity of flinty citrus/lime characters.

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Artwine Ti Amo Single Vineyard Adelaide Hills Arneis 2021

Posted: May 12, 2022

An interesting wine – soft, rich and complex with a bouquet garni of a nose and green apple palate with some savoury nuances. “Be great with shellfish!”

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Dancing Petrel Paewhenua Island Northland Arneis 2021

Posted: April 14, 2022

This tightly structured, youthful wine was hand-picked and fermented with indigenous yeasts. Fresh and full-bodied, it has very good depth of citrusy, peachy, appley flavours, balanced acidity, and a dry, lingering finish. Best drinking 2023+. $27

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Cooks Lot Allotment 5 Handpicked Orange Arneis 2021

Posted: April 14, 2022

Nose of guavas and cashews with a pineapple note. Rich, slightly sweet, palate with soft fruit flavours.

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Zerella Wines La Gita McLaren Vale Arneis 2018

Posted: December 3, 2021

Developed toasty wine with obvious bottle age and good length of orange peel-like fruit characters.

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Artwine Ti Amo Single Vineyard Adelaide Hills Arneis 2021

Posted: December 3, 2021

A long and very textured wine with lifted spicy aromas and light pear flavours.

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Michelini Wines Alpine Valleys Arneis 2021

Posted: December 3, 2021

Floral pome fruit bouquet evolving to apple-like flavours on the crisp and crunchy palate. Plenty of acid sensure freshness.

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Are You Game? Strathbogie Ranges Arneis 2020

Posted: December 3, 2021

Green apple nose with nutty nuances and a dash of spice. Very creamy in the mouth with citrus and baked apple flavours with good line of acidity.

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Handcrafted Adelaide Hills Arneis 2021

Posted: December 3, 2021

Super lifted nose with aromas of passionfruit, apples and tropical fruits. Great varietal texture to the palate with long lingering freshness of green apple/citrus flavours.

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Artwine Ti Amo Single Vineyard Clare Valley Arneis 2021

Posted: December 2, 2021

Exotic tropical aromas with a long bright and crunchy palate with nice phenolic notes.

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Are you Game? Strathbogie Ranges King Valley Arneis 2020

Posted: December 2, 2021

Candied musky bouquet and fresh apple flavours with tropical nuances.

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Ten Miles East Adelaide Hills Arneis 2018

Posted: December 2, 2021

Citrus nose with honeyed bottle age and a dry and somewhat savoury palate.

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Dancing Petrel Paewhenua Island Northland Arneis 2020

Posted: December 2, 2021

Full of personality, this youthful Northland wine is full-bodied and fleshy, with strong, fresh, citrusy, slightly peachy and spicy flavours, showing excellent depth and vigour. $22

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Nodus Tollens Ferguson Valley Arneis 2020

Posted: November 30, 2021

Funky figgy fragrances with super passionfruit-like varietal flavours on the slightly oily palate

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Innocent Bystander Yarra Valley Arneis 2019

Posted: November 30, 2021

Delicate lift of honeysuckle-like fragrances and good length of light crisp citrus-driven flavours with nice acid line.

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Di Lusso Estate Vivo Sparkling White Mudgee Arneis NV

Posted: November 30, 2021

An interesting complexity of honeyed apples and attractive aged characters.

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Bird In Hand Adelaide Hills Arneis 2019

Posted: November 30, 2021

Subdued nose with delicate stonefruit flavours on the textural palate. Good acidity.

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Innocent Bystander Yarra Valley Arneis 2019

Posted: April 24, 2020

A complexity of green apples, citrus and figs with a floral lift and bright acidity.

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Bird in Hand Adelaide Hills Arneis 2019

Posted: December 10, 2019

Green apple nose with some florals and hints of hazelnuts and a crisp green apple palate.

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Rutherglen Estates Rutherglen Arneis 2018

Posted: September 4, 2019

Nose is a savoury mix of pears and almonds. Nicely textured palate with lovely fruit weight and complex flavours. It has great depth and length.

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Innocent Bystander Yarra Valley Arneis 2018

Posted: July 3, 2019

Reserved nose; hints of stonefruits and pleasant persistence of light stone fruit flavours.

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Coopers Creek SV The Little Rascal Gisborne Arneis 2017

Posted: May 1, 2019

This fleshy, weighty wine has strong, vibrant, peachy, slightly spicy flavours. Scented, with excellent intensity and harmony, it’s an ideal, all-purpose, dryish wine, offering delicious drinking from now onwards. $22

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Rutherglen Estates Rutherglen Arneis 2018

Posted: March 7, 2019

Attractive tropical intensity to the nose with a balance of citrus and tropical flavours and a background of stonefruits.

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Nepenthe Winemakers Select Adelaide Hills Arneis 2017

Posted: March 7, 2019

A delicate perfumed bouquet that is still very fresh. Palate has good length of crunchy varietal fruit flavours.

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Rutherglen Estates Rutherglen Arneis 2018

Posted: November 7, 2018

A crisp and very flavoursome style with perfumed herbal aromas and quite stalky green flavours. A good food wine. 3-5

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Dal Zotto Wines King Valley Arneis 2017

Posted: November 7, 2018

Very pale wine with a cheesy/oily interest to the nose and an enjoyable crisp and very flavoursome palate. 3-5

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Innocent Bystander Yarra Valley Arneis 2017

Posted: November 7, 2018

Smells of cut flowers with delicate quince-like notes. Very elegant crisp and slightly floral palate with a very pleasing finish. 3-5

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Nepenthe Winemakers Select Adelaide Hills Arneis 2017

Posted: November 7, 2018

Bright herbaceous floral fragrances and a citrus driven palate with honeyed undertones and good balance of phenolics. 3-5

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Di Lusso Estate Mudgee Arneis 2017

Posted: November 7, 2018

Delightful floral lift to the intense complex aromas and a balanced, complex and “serious” palate with white floral flavours and some hints of olive leaves. 5+

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Hand Crafted by Geoff Hardy Adelaide Hills Arneis 2017

Posted: July 4, 2018

Dry crunchy style with light apricot-like fruit with herbaceous notes and hints of tropics.

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Handcrafted by Geoff Hardy Adelaide Hills Arneis 2017

Posted: March 2, 2018

A lifted floral and tropical fruit bouquet that leads to a bright and refreshingly zesty varietal palate.

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Pankhurst Wines Canberra District Arneis 2017

Posted: March 2, 2018

Savoury and earthy on the nose. A little astringent in the mouth matched by residual sugar.

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Rutherglen Estates Single Vineyard Re Rutherglen Arneis 2017

Posted: March 2, 2018

A pale green wine with some very pretty citrus/peach aromatics and lovely bright acidity runs through the palate with a delicate drive of dusty lemon flavours.

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Vigna Stefani Yarra Valley Arneis 2017

Posted: January 12, 2018

Honeysuckle bouquet and bright citrus fruit filling the mouth with flavour. Good level of phenolics adding complexity. 3-5

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Hand Crafted by Geoff Hardy Adelaide Hills Arneis 2017

Posted: November 9, 2017

Big tropical bouquet and nice floral length to the fresh lively palate with its clean acid and slight grippy edge.

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Bittern Estate Mornington Peninsula Arneis 2013

Posted: September 6, 2017

Attractive honeysuckle aromas with citrussy notes. A pleasant minerality drives the length of the flavoursome palate. Great food wine.

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Rowlee Orange Arneis 2013

Posted: June 9, 2017

Honeyed melon/apple bouquet and a lean but well balanced minerally palate.

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Coopers Creek SV The Little Rascal Gisborne Arneis 2014

Posted: June 9, 2017

Scented, full-bodied and dry, with concentrated, ripe, tropical fruit flavours, finely balanced and lingering. One judge scored it five stars.

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Bittern Estate Mornington Peninsula Arneis 2013

Posted: June 9, 2017

The nose is bright, generous and lifted. Some obvious development on the spicy citrus palate.

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Cordero di Montezemolo Langhe Arneis 2013

Posted: June 9, 2017

Restrained nose; subtle toasty notes and aromas of baked apples. Palate is savory and dry with herbal undertones.

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Tenuta Caretta Cayega Roero Piobesi D’Alba Arneis 2013

Posted: June 9, 2017

A fresh wine with delicate crisp green fruits and bright lifted floral tones with subtle spiciness adding character.

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Carlin de Paolo Terre Alfieri Italy Arneis 2012

Posted: June 9, 2017

A savory wine with citrussy notes and yeast autolysis adding to the complexity.

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Kirrihill Adelaide Hills Arneis 2014

Posted: May 5, 2017

Gentle floral aromatics with a citrus/cadied orange drive through the palate. Fine acid. 3-5

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Bird In Hand Adelaide Hills Arneis 2014

Posted: April 28, 2017

A very good wine – clean and bright with a flinty lift to the pineapple like nose and lovely herbal palate that evolves into melon characters with hints of apricot. Sound acidity.

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