Wine Review - 2011 Hardys Stamp Of Australia Riesling Gewurztraminer: Peppered Peaches....YUM!
This is another wine that we were provided from Hardys that retails for $20 locally. It is a blend of Riesling and Gewurztraminer that has an Aussie style to it which is to say thicker and a bit more tropical in the nose.
We had this wine with sushi which was a pretty good pairing. The crisp acidity and sugar in the wine helped balance some of the soya sauce and wasabi. Overall, it was a good choice.
The wine looked like a brighter version of most Rieslings we have tried. We would call it pale golden. Less golden than the picture on the left portrays. As we mentioned it was also a thick wine that stuck to the glass, though the alcohol comes in at 11.0% which is our minds is fine.
The nose was somewhat floral but definitely leaned towards the tropical notes of passion fruit and gooseberry. There was a nice balance of fruit and sweetness on the nose and really it smells pretty nice.
The flavours were predominately peach with a lemon-lime twist in the mid-palate (almost a Sprite/7-Up thing going on). The wine finished quite acidic which Shannon noted as being Peppered Grilled Peaches. Really quite accurate. The residual sugar that you would expect from Riesling and Gewurz is certainly there but it is somewhat restrained, which we liked. So not too sugary at all. It is a tasty wine though the acidity does come on a bit strong at the finish. It just leans on side of being too tart.
We had this wine with sushi which was a pretty good pairing. The crisp acidity and sugar in the wine helped balance some of the soya sauce and wasabi. Overall, it was a good choice.
The wine looked like a brighter version of most Rieslings we have tried. We would call it pale golden. Less golden than the picture on the left portrays. As we mentioned it was also a thick wine that stuck to the glass, though the alcohol comes in at 11.0% which is our minds is fine.
The nose was somewhat floral but definitely leaned towards the tropical notes of passion fruit and gooseberry. There was a nice balance of fruit and sweetness on the nose and really it smells pretty nice.
The flavours were predominately peach with a lemon-lime twist in the mid-palate (almost a Sprite/7-Up thing going on). The wine finished quite acidic which Shannon noted as being Peppered Grilled Peaches. Really quite accurate. The residual sugar that you would expect from Riesling and Gewurz is certainly there but it is somewhat restrained, which we liked. So not too sugary at all. It is a tasty wine though the acidity does come on a bit strong at the finish. It just leans on side of being too tart.
| Tasting Notes: | Score: | |
| Sight (0-5) | Pale golden colour, not as green as some Rieslings/Gewurzs we have tried. Call it the Aussie influence. | 4.0 |
| Smell (0-5) | Floral and tropical nose that smells pretty attractive. | 4.0 |
| Taste (0-10) | Good residual sugar level with peach and lemon-lime notes and a peppery and tart finish (a touch too tart). | 7.75 |
| Total: | 15.75 / 20 (78.75%) |
At $20 we would say this is pushing the value barrier just a smidgen. The finish is just not where we would like it to be for that price. This is not a bad wine by any stretch but we feel like the QPR on this is slightly off the mark. It feels like it should be priced closer to the $15 range to be a great value but at $20 it just makes you spend a little too much time thinking about the price.
Keep on tasting!
Chris & Shannon
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