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"JAMES HALLIDAY" FIVE STAR RATING
Best of the Best Margaret River Wineries
James Halliday 2009 Australian Wine Companion
ONLY $12.42 PER BOTTLE
COLOUR
Rich ruby red with striking purple highlights throughout.
NOSE
The nose is quite intense and full, with some spice and mint on top of a delectable mixture of chocolate, raspberry and dark cherries.
PALATE
The palate is soft and round with a nice richness to it, aided by the addition of Merlot to the Cabernet, showing flavours of dark fruits along with some beautiful Margaret River spice. As a young, fresh, easy drinking wine, the style is lighter but still full of flavours and silky tannins to make this wine a classic Margaret River blend.
FOOD
The Calamus Red is perfectly suited for Classic Lamb Shanks with pasta. Or for something more casual, this wine makes a great addition to any BBQ or pizza night.
CELLARING
This wine is intended to be a drink now proposition with a cellar potential of 3-5 years. So enjoy it today with family and friends, with its generous fruit flavours, and soft, smooth mouth feel.
VINTAGE NOTES
Blend of Cabernet Sauvignon 80%, Merlot 20%. A wet cold summer meant very slow ripening and as a result fruit was harvested with delicate flavours, resulting in wines that are lighter bodied than is typical in Margaret River, but true to character.
After the three varieties have been blended at the end of vintage, oak additives were used and the blend was matured in stainless steel vats for 6 months. The blend was then filtered and fined prior to bottling before spending a further 12 months in bottle prior to release. - Bob Cartwright (Consultant Winemaker) | |  | » 3 x Chalice Bridge Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2008
JAMES HALLIDAY GAVE THIS WINE 92 POINTS, JULY 09
Penetrating cut grass aromas lead into an incisive palate, with lemon and grapefruits flavours; the freshness is heightened by the low alcohol.
WINESTATE RATED THIS WINE FOUR STARS MAY/JUNE 2009
A classic. The nose has an abundance of gooseberry, lawn clippings and sweet herbs. Mouth-watering earthy, gooseberry flavours and steely notes.
JAMES HALLIDAY RATED THE WINERY FIVE STARS
Best of the Best Margaret River Wineries
James Halliday 2009 Australian Wine Companion
NOSE
Lovely intense citrus and nettles, with great depth of fruit showing cut grass and hints of Lychee.
PALATE
A fresh, bright and balanced wine showing beautiful gooseberries, lychees, green apples and a touch of nettles, finished with just the right amount of lovely limey acid, resulting in a clean refreshing finish. Typical southern Margaret River and classic Chalice Bridge Estate, producing a full taste sensation.
FOOD
Try the Semillon Sauvignon Blanc with succulent Scallops and fresh asparagus.
CELLARING
This style is intended to be enjoyed without delay to maximise its freshness, so less than 2 years bottle aging is suggested. Stored under a screw cap this wine will deliver the vibrancy that is the south of Margaret River.
VINTAGE NOTES
Blend of 60% Semillon, 40% Sauvignon Blanc. The varieties were picked separately at 11 Baume with each portion skin contacted for 6 hrs at 10 degrees C and fermented in stainless steel. Wines were kept on fine lees and stirred to build mid palate for a couple of weeks post fermentation. The blend was assembled and bottled 3 months after fermentation and stored under screw cap to capture and retain freshness. This wine is designed to drink fresh, so I would suggest drinking in the year that it was made or the following year. - Bob Cartwright (Consultant Winemaker) | |  | » 3 x Chalice Bridge Classic White 2008
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ONLY $8.25 PER BOTTLE FOR MARGARET RIVER CLASSIC DRY WHITE
JAMES HALLIDAY GAVE A FIVE STAR RATING
Best of the Best Margaret River Wineries
James Halliday 2009 Australian Wine Companion
2008 CLASSIC WHITE
Sydney Morning Herald GOOD LIVING Huon Hooke
Rated 89/100,
‘Best Value Buy’
The exact grape varieties aren’t disclosed but this Margaret River blend tastes like a worthy example of the local workhorse, semillon sauvignon blanc. Clean, ripe, tangyand nicely perfumed, it’s simple but intense and finishes cleanly.
WINESTATE GAVE THIS WINE FOUR STARS
May/June 2009 Winestate Magazine
Very skillfully made wine with pretty orange blossom/floral fruitand perhaps a dash of oak? Has length and poise and is very polished.
PALATE
A balanced wine with nice structure and a full seamless palate. Melons and peaches combine with nice racy acid to produce a flavour sensation. A superb Margaret River classic with great weight and length to finish.
FOOD
Perfect with Whiting and Lemon Dill Sauce.
CELLARING
This style is intended to be enjoyed without delay to maximise its freshness, so less than 2 years bottle aging is suggested. Stored under a screw cap this wine will deliver that vibrancy that is the south of Margaret River.
VINTAGE NOTES
A combination of the three white varieties grown on the Chalice Bridge single vineyard, Chardonnay, Semillon & Sauvignon Blanc. Picked at night the fruit was crushed and skin contacted for 6 hrs at 10 degrees C and fermented in stainless steel. Wines were kept on fine lees and stirred to build mid palate. This wine was bottled 3 months after fermentation and stored under screw cap to capture and retain freshness. - Bob Cartwright (Consultant Winemaker) | |  | » 3 x CHALICE BRIDGE 2009 SAUVIGNON BLANC 50%
WINESTATE MAGAZINE AWARDED THIS WINE FOUR STARS
Best of Western Australia Tasting
May/June 2010
Drinks Trade Magazine Reviewed
February/March 2010
Rob Geddes MW
A complex nose, with good lift and a long flavour. Good passionfruit and minerality notes. A touch of sugar with a good length. Notes of pear, apple, oak and liquorice. Well-balanced acid.
NOSE
Lifted and intense, the nose reveals citrus with nettles, gooseberries and lychees, with a hint of cut grass.
PALATE
The delicate fruit flavours of passionfruit and lychees are weighted beautifully with nice citrus acid. Bright, fresh, zesty and vibrant, but very elegant with great structure and mid palate fruit weight. A lovely wine with intense sweet fruit, showing balance and good length on the palate.
FOOD
The perfect wine for risotto with chorizo, goats’ cheese and peas.
CELLARING
This style is intended to be enjoyed without delay to maximise its freshness, so less than 2 years bottle aging is suggested. Stored under a screw cap this wine will deliver the vibrancy that is the south of Margaret River.
VINTAGE NOTES
The fruit was picked at night at 11.5 Baume to retain freshness and after crushing was skin contacted for 6 hrs at 10 degrees C before fermentation in stainless steel. This wine was bottled as soon as practical after fermentation and stored under screw cap to capture and retain freshness. - Travis Clydesdale (Consultant Winemaker) | |
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