Verdelho 2024

The Verdelho is created from grapes picked at perfect ripeness and then fermented using a variety of yeast strains all of which have proven to add their own dimension to the wine.  Only “Free Run” juice was used in this wine, resulting in a beautifully fresh and light wine packed with mouth-watering flavour.

Aromas of banana and rockmelon compete perfectly with ruby grapefruit notes. The palate is light and flows beautifully with texture and citrus acidity to balance.

Beautiful Verdelho grapes grown on our own Thulimbah Vineyard in the Granite Belt.

The wine shows in the glass as light flaxen and melded with just a possibility of pale bronze.  As soon as I encountered the bouquet I thought ‘Yeast’ and in confirmation on the back label is written “fermented using a variety of yeast strains” – I suspect John Handy has become a master of yeasts and fermentation.

 

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“A generous expression with slippery texture and strong, sweet tropical fruit characters spiked with clove spice. Scents and flavours echo each other nicely, with quite a bit more concentration in the palate than the more gentle, fragrant perfume. Acidity is firm in the wine, tense and slightly coarse, but the gist is a more potent and complex rendition of the variety on hand.”

Halliday Wine Companion.