This is a wrap up of the Australian Medal Winners from the 2009 Decanter World Wine Awards.
Big congratulations to De Bortoli, Shingleback, Morris, Longview, Wolf Blass & Nepenthe.
Personally I think the winners here represent some very fine wines – a nice change from some wine show results. The gold medal winners in particular look very strong across the range – found myself nodding with plenty of the winners.
Find them for yourself here
Trophy Winners:
Australian Red Bordeaux Varietal over £10 Trophy – Fraser Gallop Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2007
Australian Red Blend over £10 Trophy – Jacob’s Creek Johann Shiraz Cabernet 2001
Australian Riesling over £10 Trophy – McGuigan Earth’s Portrait Riesling 2003
Australian Fortified over £10 Trophy – Morris Old Premium Liqueur Muscat NV
Australian Chardonnay over £10 Trophy – Nepenthe Ithaca Chardonnay 2007
Australian Sauvignon Blanc under £10 Trophy – Nepenthe Sauvignon Blanc 2008
Australian Red Rhone Varietal under £10 Trophy – Palandri The Estates Shiraz 2007
Australian Red Rhone Varietal over £10 Trophy – Shaw & Smith Shiraz 2007
Australian Sweet over £10 Trophy – Tamar Ridge Kayena Vineyard Botrytis Riesling 2006
Australian Red Bordeaux Varietal under £10 Trophy – Tapestry Cabernet Sauvignon 2007
Australian White Single Varietal over £10 Trophy – Tyrrell’s Winemakers Selection Vat 1 Semillon 1998
Gold Medal Winners:
Charles Melton Nine Popes 2006
Angove’s Tesco Reserve Riesling Gewurztraminer 2008
De Bortoli Estate Grown Chardonnay 2007
De Bortoli Noble One 2006
De Bortoli Reserve Release Chardonnay 2007
Evans & Tate The Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2005
Fox Creek Reserve Shiraz 2006
Glaetzer Amon-ra 2007
Grant Burge 20 Year Old Tawny NV
Kilikanoon Mort’s Reserve Watervale Riesling 2008
Laurance Icon Cabernet 2007
Longview Devil’s Elbow Cabernet Sauvignon 2007
Longview Yakka Shiraz 2007
Morris Liqueur Tokay
Morris Old Premium Liqueur Tokay NV
Penfolds Reserve Bin 07A Chardonnay 2007
Peter Lehmann Wigan Riesling 2004
Seppeltsfield Cellar No 9 Rutherglen Muscat NV
Shingleback D Block Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2006
Shingleback D Block Reserve Shiraz 2006
Shingleback The Gate Shiraz 2006
Skillogalee Single Vineyard Riesling 2008
Skillogalee Trevarrick Riesling 2008
Streicker Ironstone Block Old Vine Chardonnay 2007
Tintara Shiraz 2006
Umamu Estate Chardonnay 2006
Vasse Felix Heytesbury Chardonnay 2007
Wolf Blass Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 33rd Vintage 2005
Wolf Blass Gold Label Riesling 2005
Wolf Blass Platinum Label Shiraz 2006
Woody Nook Gallagher’s Choice Cabernet Sauvignon 2004
Yaldara 15 Year Old Tawny Port NV
Yalumba The Octavius Shiraz 2005
2 Comments
Keen to try the 07 Fraser Gallop, Clive made some outstanding cabernets at Vasse Felix and sounds like he has a better winery now so expect great things – as the trophy suggests. Great prices too.
Ditto Lizz.
Great winemaker in a great year. Bound to be good.