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Shadowfax has taken tremendous strides in recent times, with the team refining the range and proving their prowess with Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Their single-vineyard Chardonnays have taken out Best Chardonnay at the Macedon Ranges Wine Exhibition no fewer than five times. Especially noteworthy have been the Little Hampton Vineyard in Macedon’s high-altitude plantings of Pinot Gris, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, in the chilliest region of Australia’s mainland. These are the vibrant future of Australia’s cool-climate wine scene. The counterpoint to this is the dynamic Minnow project, based around the Werribee vineyard’s southern French varieties. This is the source of bright, spicy, textured rosé and reds, with the micro-make Mondeuse immediately becoming a delicious cult hit. With long-serving vineyard manager and assistant winemaker Alister Timms taking the helm in October 2017, these are hugely exciting times for Shadowfax.
The Pablo Escobar-fronted skin-contact Roussanne has worked up some delicious notoriety for itself:- “This wine sees some skin contact during fermentation then time on lees in barrel. There’s lots of personality here. And great personality. Very savoury, all nuts and oatmeal, toast and halva, nougat and honey-laced-apples. Bouquet and palate. Has a richness, indeed this is at the fuller, bolder end of the white wine personality zone, but the gist is great, it drinks a charm, refreshment is there, texture holier than thou. Think nuts and ginger, ripe lemons and bitter green apple. Absolutely love this. Complex, personality dense wine of highdrinkability. Bring it on.” 94 points, Mike Bennie The Wine Front
RRP $29
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