Just over a year ago, this same wine was reviewed on the Penguin’s Palate. An additional 12 months in bottle has certainly done the wine no harm as it is literally singing and open for business. A year ago, it was bright and savoury, nicely textured, interesting and pleasant to drink, but not as alive as it is here and now.
Although the Viognier component makes up just 5% of the blend, the Viognier is really driving this wine now, both aromatically and on the palate. The wine is quite richly textured, but not heavy. Being quite rich in texture and with moderate acidity, it most definitely a food wine. Richer seafood dishes, such as scallops and lobster come to mind, though pork could work too.
2008 LOLA
Producer: Spinifex Wines
Variety: White Rhone blend
Vintage: 2008
Region: Barossa Valley, South Australia
ABV: 13.5%
Closure: Screw cap
Retail Price: N/a
Date tasted: 31 October 2010
Tasting Note:
Blend of Semillon (48%), Marsanne (32%), Ugni Blanc (10%), Vermentino (5%) and Viognier (5%). Bright yellow with golden glints. Lifted aromatic nose of apricot, peach, honeysuckle, apple, lemon sherbet and spice. Dry, medium bodied, stonefruit (apricot, peach), honeysuckle. The Viognier component is really to the fore here. Quite rich and textured; relatively low in acidity. Has really transformed and unfurled in the past 12 months. Drinking well now.
Score: 16.5/20
Although the Viognier component makes up just 5% of the blend, the Viognier is really driving this wine now, both aromatically and on the palate. The wine is quite richly textured, but not heavy. Being quite rich in texture and with moderate acidity, it most definitely a food wine. Richer seafood dishes, such as scallops and lobster come to mind, though pork could work too.
2008 LOLAProducer: Spinifex Wines
Variety: White Rhone blend
Vintage: 2008
Region: Barossa Valley, South Australia
ABV: 13.5%
Closure: Screw cap
Retail Price: N/a
Date tasted: 31 October 2010
Tasting Note:
Blend of Semillon (48%), Marsanne (32%), Ugni Blanc (10%), Vermentino (5%) and Viognier (5%). Bright yellow with golden glints. Lifted aromatic nose of apricot, peach, honeysuckle, apple, lemon sherbet and spice. Dry, medium bodied, stonefruit (apricot, peach), honeysuckle. The Viognier component is really to the fore here. Quite rich and textured; relatively low in acidity. Has really transformed and unfurled in the past 12 months. Drinking well now.
Score: 16.5/20
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