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Winery: Gilbert Wines, Mount Barker 
(Western Australia)

Boutique Vineyards

Description of the vineyard:
Gilberts produce premium wine styles that are handcrafted for optimum flavour, every berry counts! James Halliday rated them 5 Stars for their wines to be constant quality and renown for their White's & Red wines.
 

Appellation: Gilberts Wine

Reserve Shiraz, 2001

22 months in French oak and top of the range wine. A classic style that is exported already to USA and U.K.

Wonderful complex layers of fruit well integrated with fine grained oak.

Riesling, 2003

Dry, crisp with attractive citrus flavours.

 

Three Devils Shiraz, 2002

This is full-bodied Shiraz with plenty of flavour. A wine of great character, colour, flavour and palate richness.   An elegant style.

 

Chardonnay, 2001

A medium bodied, barrel fermented style offering long term cellaring potential. Attractive melon and peach fruit characters with a lingering creamy finish on the palate.
James Halliday's: 87 points

 

Winery: Trevelen Farm Wines, Great Southern 
(Western Australia)

Boutique Vineyards

Description of the vineyard:

They have very beautiful wine which is easily to drink and filled with many flavours. The white's & the reds are beautifully made. The owners are involved in preserving the Bushland; he has kept an area for nature walks, a salt water trout farm; sheep and cattle business. Wonderful people.

Appellation: Trevelen Farm

 

Cabernet Merlot, 2000 

BRONZE MEDAL - 2002 Australian Boutique Wine Awards & 2002 Cowra Wine Show
A Cabernet rich blend, this wine has an excellent Cabernet nose, spicy with red berry and red cherry aromas. The balanced palate has red berry fruit flavours integrated subtly with dusty French Oak. Traditionally fermented in open fermenters before being transferred to French Oak barriques (25% of which were new) for 15 months prior to bottling.

 

Cabernet Merlot, 2001

This smooth blend has an excellent Cabernet nose showing cedar, vanilla, blackcurrant and blackberry aromas. The palate is rich, soft and full with blackberry and currant fruit flavours with a chocolate, vanillian oak finish. Cellaring potential is up to 7 years.

 

Chardonnay, 2001 

BRONZE MEDAL - Australian Boutique Wine Awards.
An elegant wine combining citrus, melon and subtle spice aromas that are balanced by a lemon and melon palate with a clean, fresh finish. Barrel fermented in French Oak (30% of which were new, predominantly Allies) for 6 months with less stirring regularly for added complexity.

 

Riesling, 2001

BRONZE MEDAL - Australian Boutique Wine Awards.
A straw coloured fine and rich wine with a soft lemon bouquet. The palate is full with lemon and citrus zest flavours, followed by an extended long dry finish. An interesting wine that will age well.

 

Sauvignon Blanc Semillon, 2002 

This wine is a blend of 80% Sauvignon Blanc and 20% Semillon. The wine exhibits gooseberry, tropical fruit and ripe passion fruit aromas. The palate shows the Sauvignon Blanc dominance, elegant with lemon, tropical fruits and gooseberry flavours which lead to a clean, dry finish.