Murray Street 2007 Viognier Marsanne

Murray Street winery was one of our "exciting finds" on our trip to the Barossa last year. We had been to Appellation restaurant the previous night and 2007 Viognier Marsanne was the wine matched up to one of the courses. Chatting to the wait person she told us how to get to the winery and, more importantly, recommended lunch there as they had platters that you could order to have while tasting.

So that is what we did. It was lovely sitting there in the dappled sunlight looked at the vines, eating great food and sipping wonderful wines. In fact we ordered a bottle each of all we tasted to be shipped back home.

The 2007 Viognier Marsanne is so hard to describe - but it was drunk sitting next to a pool, birds chirping, with scallop pate, prawns and fresh crunchy bread to accompany it - nothing could be better. it is rich, perfumed, fruit salad and lingers and lingers.

If you want you can visit the winery

Hamelin Bay - Rampant White - 2006

Another Western Australian winery from Margaret River. Picturesque drive into the tasting rooms - then a beautiful vista down into a valley over part of their vinyards.

Once again another winery that has staff that makes you feel welcome - and do not talk down to or at you.

This white blend has 3 whites in it - Semillon, Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay - and they all combine to make a very yummy sit in the pool after work on a hot day drink. James Halliday has given this 90 points - and though I don't always agree with him - in this instance I do. As you have gathered by now I don't really do nose or taste - but this definitely had a kiwi fruit nose :) is light in the mouth - but stayed there for a while. I drank it by itself.

Here is a link to the winery - be sure to put it on your must visit list

Jacob's Creek - Three Vines - Semillon/ Sauvignon Blanc /Viognier

Jacob's Creek - Three Vines - Semillon/ Sauvignon Blanc /Viognier 2006

What a yummy wine this was. It caught my eye at the wineshop recently so added it quitely to the stash. I thought it looked like an interesting blend.

Was delicious!!!!

I guess yummy and delicious aren't proper wine terms. It lasted a long time in the mouth - was light and easy to drink - what I would call a quaffer. I thought it was very florally on the nose - with a whiff of peaches and maybe apricots. Was a pale yellow with green tinge - chrisp and clear.