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Dal Zotto King Valley Arneis 2015

Posted: April 26, 2017

Delightful food wine. Nose is clean with varietal intensity of pears, apples, blossom and subtle spiciness. Dry, high acid, minerally palate with great ‘pithy’ texture.

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Coopers Creek SV The Little Rascal Gisborne Arneis 2015

Posted: April 20, 2017

Delicately scented, with good weight, generous, citrusy, slightly peachy and spicy flavours, fresh acidity and a lingering finish. Strongly varietal, highly drinkable wine, enjoyed by all judges. $23

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La Bise The Kiss Adelaide Hills Arneis 2016

Posted: April 20, 2017

Clean, fresh and well made. Hints of savoury Vegemite characters with a lemony element.

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Nepenthe Winemakers Select Adelaide Hills Arneis 2016

Posted: April 20, 2017

Dry aperitif style. Attractive floral sweet melon bouquet. Palate has good balance between fruit and acid. Lingering after taste. 3-5

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Bird in Hand Adelaide Hills Arneis 2016

Posted: April 20, 2017

A different style of arneis. Has good expression of floral stewed fruit characters with a fresh, crisp acid backbone.

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Hand Crafted by Geoff Hardy Adelaide Hills Arneis 2016

Posted: April 20, 2017

Slight honeyed complexity to the nose and powerful honeyed apple flavours.

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Nepenthe Winemakers Select Adelaide Hills Arneis 2016

Posted: April 5, 2017

Fresh green melon aromatics and an elegant, flavoursome citrus/pear palate.

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Hand Crafted by Geoff Hardy Adelaide Hills Arneis 2016

Posted: April 5, 2017

Lifted perfumed bouquet and an aromatic citrussy palate that’s light, fresh and alert with slight pungency.

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Bird in Hand Adelaide Hills Arneis 2015

Posted: April 5, 2017

Bright in colour, soft on the nose with gentle flavours and a long crisp finish.

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Hand Crafted by Geoff Hardy Adelaide Hills Arneis 2016

Posted: April 5, 2017

Delicate green apple fragrances laced with floral elements. The palate has great length and persistence of crisp red apple flavours.

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Villa Maria Cellar Selection Hawke’s Bay Arneis 2015

Posted: April 5, 2017

Lively, aromatic, strongly varietal wine with good intensity of fresh, tropical fruit flavours and a crisp, dry, persistent finish. Good value. $18

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Rutherglen Estates Single Vineyard Rutherglen Arneis 2016

Posted: April 5, 2017

Very intense lifted tropical floral fragrances. Well balanced palate; flavours of apples and pears with a mineral spine.

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Bittern Estate Mornington Peninsula Arneis 2013

Posted: April 4, 2017

Lovely freshness to the spicy/almond like aromas. More spicy characters on the nicely textured palate with some sweetness. 3-5

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Ten Miles East Adelaide Hills Arneis 2015

Posted: April 4, 2017

Subtle crunchy acid aromas. Nice flavour length with crisp acid structure and good spiciness.

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Bird in Hand Adelaide Hills Arneis 2015

Posted: April 4, 2017

Delicate exotic spicy bouquet and a long well balanced palate with apricot flavour richness.

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Nepenthe Winemaker’s Selection Arneis 2015

Posted: April 4, 2017

Bright lychee and peach bouquet with some grassy notes. Nice varietal notes to the clean zesty palate. A good food wine.

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Sassy Wines Orange Arneis 2013

Posted: April 4, 2017

Intense fragrances of pears and lychees and a really nice palate with similar flavours.

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Rutherglen Estates Rutherglen Arneis 2015

Posted: April 4, 2017

Fresh, floral and pretty with good weight, texture and length of fresh pear and almond-like characters.

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La Bise Adelaide Hills Arneis 2015

Posted: April 4, 2017

Muted nose; hints of almonds with some simple nectarine like flavours. Very quaffable.

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Villa Maria Cellar Selection Hawke’s Bay Arneis 2014

Posted: April 3, 2017

Crisp and dry, this is a lively, refreshing, medium-bodied wine with citrusy, slightly spicy flavours.

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Villa Maria Single Vineyard Ohiti Gravels Hawke’s Bay Arneis 2013

Posted: April 3, 2017

Crisp, refreshing, slightly minerally wine with substantial body, ripe, citrusy fruit flavours and a lingering finish.

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Villa Maria Single Vineyard Ohiti Gravels Hawke’s Bay Arneis 2014

Posted: April 3, 2017

Pale and scented, this is a medium-bodied, strongly varietal wine with fresh, vibrant pear and slight lime flavours, crisp, finely balanced and lingering.

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