Nick Farr says of his Farr Rising Henty Pinot Noir 2010 ' Bright concentrated fruit, lots of cherry aroma and flavours, with good acid and quite a firm palate. A sweet core of fruit is the key to this wine. It is softened and rounded by the fruit and spice.'
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Nick Farr from By Farr wines gives us the low-down on the 2009 vintage. "The wines have settled perfectly from a testing vintage that clearly needed patience. These are extraordinary wines from an extraordinary year. The opinion of many people is that the 2009 season was a warm one because of the five days over
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By Farr Viognier 2009 received 93 points in James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion 2012 “...this is a wine with great texture and structure..”
Farr Rising Chardonnay 2009 scored 95 points in James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion 2012 … “Gleaming green-straw; an intense, vibrant and in-your-face style; grapefruit, white peach and melon are all fused together, oak a silken web around the fruit. This is the young bull. "
Garry Farr winemaker at By Farr wines shares his excitement for the Tout Pres Pinot Noir 2008 “.. exceptional length, true texture and mouth-feel for ageing potential. The nose is more savoury than fruit. Fine layered delivery continually building a palate of excellent balanced rich fruit, of cherry/plum fruit and oak seamlessly welded on the very…
By Farr Tout Pres Pinot Noir 2008 was our favourite wine at our recent By Farr tasting. James Halliday is impressed to, awarding it 96 points in his 2012 Australian Wine Companion ... "...an exceptionally long and intense wine.”
By Farr Farrside Pinot Noir 2009 continues to gather accolades. Campbell Mattinson of The Wine Front scored it 95 points and had this to say... “The Farrside pinot noir is grown only 300 metres from the plot where the Sangreal pinot noir is grown, and yet the two vineyards are picked two weeks apart. Terroir at play. This…
Farr Rising Chardonnay 2009 scored 95 points in James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion 2012 … “Gleaming green-straw; an intense, vibrant and in-your-face style; grapefruit, white peach and melon are all fused together, oak a silken web around the fruit. This is the young bull. "
Curly Flat's second label Williams Crossing recieved 93 points for the 2009 Pinot Noir from James Halliday in his latest Wine Companion. He wrote: "Light crimson-purple; has a very complex dark berry bouquet, and an equally complex palate with red and black cherry fruit plus a savoury/bramble backdrop."
Curly Flat Chardonnay 2009 received 96 points from James Halliday in his Australian Wine Companion 2012. His review: "Straw-green; has more generosity than usual for Curly Flat at the time of its release, which is no bad thing, simply a fact. White peach, fig and cashew are all very evident, and so is the touch…
