Value, tangy, zesty.
Familia Zucchardi's, Santa Julia Pinot Grigio offers great value. A nose of ripe pear, yellow apples, honey and almonds leads to a zesty citrusy palate with decent weight.
Straightforward but suitable to pair with various seafood, chicken salad wraps, summer salads.
Pairs great with Gone Crackers Undressed.
 
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Wine Scores Reviewed - October 24th, 2017

Every so often I come across a wine, which really makes my day. I don't want the bottle to have a bottom and I'm so intrigued by it's character and style that finding the words to describe it seems virtually impossible, at best. Wines like these are often better experienced than described.
Undoubtedly, this is a special occasion wine, one for the cellar perhaps. I had no idea the price of it when I was reviewing it, something I prefer, if possible. But I did know it was something very special.
This white Rhone comes from vines, which are on average 60 years old. It's mostly Roussane with 15% Clairette and 5% Bourboulenc. It is treated in both stainless and barrel and aged in barrel on its lees for an additional year.
Golden in colour it offers aromas of lanoline, beeswax, wild herbs (garrigue), pine, mineral oil and a core of creamy white fruits and exotic spice. The palate is unctuous - honey, dried herbs, citrus, yellow fruits and fine spice. Amazing concentration and weight with a never ending finish of wild honey.
Pair with oily fish, lobster in butter, creamy sauces with shaved truffle, mildly spiced dishes and strong cheeses.
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Wine Scores Reviewed - November 29th, 2012

Spiced, juicy, savoury.
Made from Shiraz, Mourvedre, Grenache, Carignan and Petite Syrah, this cheeky riff on a Cotes du Rhone red offers charred strawberry and rhubarb aromas atop cocoa, carrot tops, iodine and spice. It's a juicy red with bouncy red fruit layered with spice and wild herbal flavours.
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Wine Scores Reviewed - November 10th, 2023

Fresh, quaffable, fruity.
Made from Viognier, Roussanne, Marsanne, and Grenache Blanc, this cheeky riff on a Cotes du Rhone (Goats do Roam, and they actually do at Fairview) rose suggests strawberry and rhubarb, orange slices and spice, cantaloupe and wet stone aromas. It's fresh and fruity with flavours that echo the nose perfectly. Juicy, fresh and quaffable.
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Wine Scores Reviewed - November 14th, 2023

Zesty, fresh, aproachable
Made from Viognier, Roussanne, Marsanne, and Grenache Blanc, this cheeky riff on a Cotes du Rhone (Goats do Roam, and they actually do at Fairview) white offers notes of grilled lemons and starfruit, yellow fruits, straw and almond. It's a simple white, zesty with good weight and balanced acidity.
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Wine Scores Reviewed - November 8th, 2023