2011 Five Nations Online eBook

NEED BARCODE

$7.95 incl.GST

ENJOY RESPONSIBLY

VE

NU

S ©

DE

B41

63

Darren De Bortoli

DEB 4163 Noble-one_Ad_325x235_FA_opt_outlined_R.indd 1 18/08/11 6:14 PM

Awards

Contents CONTENTs

President’s Message 2

Chairman’s Message 4

The Judging Teams 6

Sponsors 8

Overall Results 8

National Specialties 9

Association of Australian Boutique WinemakersPO Box 254 Ashfield, NSW 1800, Australia

PhONE:

+61 (2) 9747 0005

Fax:

+61 (2) 9747 0097

WEbsiTE:

www.boutiquewines.com.au

PrOduCEd by:

abN:

57 074 729 007

PhONE:

1800 222 757

Fax:

1800 063 151

Email:

[email protected]

WEbsiTE:

www.crowtherblayne.com.au

NaTiONal markETiNg maNagEr:

Tim Evans

advErTisiNg salEs:

Cheryl Archibold

EdiTOr:

Julie Cosgrove

PrOduCTiON COOrdiNaTOr:

Kloe Hynds

dEsigN:

Aniko Gaspar, Andrew Crabb and Byron Bailey

PriNTEd by:

Newstyle Printing

© This publication is copyright. No part of it may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, mechanical, microcopying, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the permission of Association of Australian Boutique Winemakers or Crowther Blayne & Associates Pty Ltd. Disclaimer: Readers are advised that Association of Australian Boutique Winemakers and the publisher cannot be held responsible for the accuracy of statements made in advertising and editorial; nor the quality of goods and services advertised.

Cape Kidnappers Coastline, New Zealand

aWards

WiNE OF shOWPAGE 10

TrOPhy WiNNErs aNd sECONd PlaCE WiNNErs

PAGE 12

mEdal WiNNErs PAGE 38

iNviTEd COmPaNiEsPAGE 41

PagE 1Five NAtiONS WiNe ChAlleNge 2011

FivE NATiONS WiNE CHALLENGE 2011CONTENTs

This wine show is unique.

Some years ago when Robert Joseph was asked to Chair the challenge he said that it took him a nanosecond to decide. He chaired the show brilliantly for three years. Before that James Halliday chaired for three years and it took little to convince him to participate. The current judges all say that this is their favorite show because it gives them a chance to compare their nation’s best against the strongest in the southern hemisphere. The wines all participate following an invitation by judges who are striving to show that their nation is the strongest – that qualifies the show as unique.

This year we were thrilled to welcome Fabricio Portelli from Argentina and Eduardo Brethauer from Chile into the judging team. They immediately became part of the family and by contributing their expertise and their South American influence they changed the dynamics of the challenge and brought it up another notch.

There are 500 wines in the challenge. There are 16 classes. Each nation must enter 14 classes. There is a requirement for seven wines selected by each judge in 12 of the 14 classes and eight wines in two of the classes. Yes it’s complicated! All judges judge all wines – blind of course. When the wines are in front of the judges they select the top ten in the class to award a score. The ten scores range from 17 to one. The aggregate scores are calculated with a preset template and managed by my associate Ross Anderson. After lots of testing and a few dry runs, on the day the system worked perfectly.

The trophies have been well shared around this year with Argentina, Chile and Australia winning two, New Zealand five and South Africa six with the additional and most sought-after Wine of Show also going to South Africa. Australia won Nation of Show following the calculation of the aggregate scores.

The Association of Australian Boutique Winemakers is proud of its record and very proud of the standards we adopt when running wine shows. The Chairman sets the judging standards and runs the judging floor. We

in administration provide the conditions, the judging environment and the back room people to make the show run like clockwork.

Much of the reason for the smooth operation is due to our team of ‘Stewards’. They are all highly trained individuals who have a passion for the wine. This year we had four sommeliers, one winemaker and one retail buyer. They taste a great deal of the product, take notes and enjoy the excitement of discovering wines otherwise inaccessible. We have a junior steward on board each year and the sommeliers carry out training behind the scenes with regard to pouring and tasting.

This year the Chairman was Australia’s Huon Hooke. Annually the position of Chairman of the challenge rotates and Michael Fridjhon of South Africa takes the role in 2012.

Judith Kennedy

President Five Nations Wine Challenge

CEO Association of Australian Boutique Winemakers inc

Leeuwin Estate WineryStevens Rd, Margaret River, Western Australia

(+ 61 8) 9759 0000 | www.leeuwinestate.com.au

A family operated boutique vineyard and winery, Leeuwin Estate, one of the founding wineries of Western Australia’s renowned Margaret River district, is particularly proud to be consistently recognised amongst the great icon wines of the world.

A benchmark producer with an outstanding international reputation, Leeuwin attracts thousands of discerning wine connoisseurs each year. Visitors to the picturesque Estate can indulge in gourmet cuisine from the

award-winning restaurant, enjoy spectacular alfresco summertime concerts, inspect Leeuwin’s unique collection of contemporary Australian Art, experience a behind the scenes tour of the winemaking process, utilise the private boardroom facilities and of course, savour Leeuwin’s outstanding premium wines. A scenic charter � ight service from Perth to the Estate’s private airstrip is available. The wines of Leeuwin Estate can be found in � ne establishments in 30 markets.

Leeuwin Estate AD.indd 1 1/09/11 10:40 AM

President’s Message

PagE 2 Five NAtiONS WiNe ChAlleNge 2011

FivE NATiONS WiNE CHALLENGE 2011PrEsidENT‘s mEssagE

Leeuwin Estate WineryStevens Rd, Margaret River, Western Australia

(+ 61 8) 9759 0000 | www.leeuwinestate.com.au

A family operated boutique vineyard and winery, Leeuwin Estate, one of the founding wineries of Western Australia’s renowned Margaret River district, is particularly proud to be consistently recognised amongst the great icon wines of the world.

A benchmark producer with an outstanding international reputation, Leeuwin attracts thousands of discerning wine connoisseurs each year. Visitors to the picturesque Estate can indulge in gourmet cuisine from the

award-winning restaurant, enjoy spectacular alfresco summertime concerts, inspect Leeuwin’s unique collection of contemporary Australian Art, experience a behind the scenes tour of the winemaking process, utilise the private boardroom facilities and of course, savour Leeuwin’s outstanding premium wines. A scenic charter � ight service from Perth to the Estate’s private airstrip is available. The wines of Leeuwin Estate can be found in � ne establishments in 30 markets.

Leeuwin Estate AD.indd 1 1/09/11 10:40 AM

Adding two new nations to the Tri Nations to make it the Five Nations Wine Challenge was something of a gamble, but it’s a gamble that has paid off handsomely. In fact, the competition has been re-invented and re-born – the arrival of Chile and Argentina giving the judging an entirely new dimension. For the three ‘old’ judges, meeting and judging with Eduardo and Fabricio was a great pleasure. They fitted in perfectly, quickly understanding the peculiarities of this most unique of wine competitions and helping work out some of the teething issues. In the end, I think each of the five nations can be happy with the results – each came away with some successes.

Inevitably, each of the five nations has its own strengths and weaknesses in grape varieties and wine-styles, and the framing of the classes can never suit everyone perfectly. It’s a work in progress and, while successful this year, it may undergo some minor modifications for next year.

For the judges and our keen young brigade of stewards, most of whom are sommeliers, it’s a real revelation to taste wines from makers and regions that we would seldom otherwise get the opportunity to taste. Many of the wines I tasted for the first time this year are truly outstanding and deserve to have a global audience. We can only hope as many people as possible avail themselves of the opportunity to taste these wines at the public exhibitions.

I congratulate all those producers who enjoyed success this year and encourage those who entered without doing as well as they’d hoped – but I would remind them that simply being invited to enter is an honour and a distinction in itself. I commend these remarkable wines to you.

Huon Hooke

Chairman Five Nations Wine Challenge


FivE NATiONS WiNE CHALLENGE 2011ChairmaN‘s mEssagE

Chairman’s Message

Wine Empire, The old & rare wine specialists...

The Wine Empire is an online wine & spirits merchant specialising in old & rare, small batch and premium Australian & International

wines and single malt whiskies. Through our network of domestic and international supply contacts, we serve our growing database of wine

buyers that take pleasure in collecting and drinking these ‘hard to � nd’ aged wines. Why not join our ‘Wine Empire bimonthly aged wine dozen

offer’ and experience a better way to enjoy aged wine.

The Wine Empire also offers an online Auction platform – Empire Wine Auctions, which assists our customers in both buying and selling

collections of wine.

For more information, please contact:Ross Anderson

Tel: +61 2 8060 4650Mob: + 61 431 512 979

Email: [email protected]: www.wineempire.com.au

&www.empireauctions.com.au

Use Promo code ‘5NAT2011’ to receive 10% off your 1st purchase. Note – not all offers are listed online, so Sign Up or contact us today for the

latest wine offers!

Wine Empire AD.indd 1 1/09/11 2:11 PM

JudgEs

Huon Hooke, Chairman – Australia Michael Fridjhon – South Africa

Bob Campbell MW – New ZealandFabricio Portelli – ArgentinaEduardo Brethauer – Chile

ChiEF sTEWard

Jeremy Foot

sENiOr sTEWards

Tony vennJeff Aston

James AudasShalom ChinChris Rose

Julian Abouzeid

JuNiOr TraiNEE sTEWard

Ewan Hardeman

lOgisTiCs aNd PhOTOgraPhy

Ross Anderson

lOgisTiCs aNd WiNE idENTiFiCaTiON

Tim Donelan

Fabricio PortelliargENTiNa

I am enjoying judging with such important people who know so much about their wines, and for me being here and telling them and sharing with them my opinion and vision about Argentinean wines, is really an honour and a very interesting experience. Argentina makes great Malbec however I am very interested to see how our Cabernet, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir will do in this challenge as this is the first time our nation has competed in such a competition.

The way we judge here is very interesting – you have in front of you all the wines in the class and you have to choose the best ten, and then you have to share with the panel and defend your ten best wines and this way you will find the Trophy, Double Gold and Golds – it’s a very uncommon and original but very effective way of looking for those wines that are the best of their country in each class.

Argentina is in the beginning of our Malbec revolution, and of course I expect that in the future, we can show and share with the world our other wines, like the blends, our Cabernet Sauvignon, our Torrontes of course – a unique and very vibrant white wine, and I hope that everybody can and will enjoy our wines in Sydney and around the world.

Eduardo Brethauer ChilE

I have come from my home city Santiago to judge for the first year in the Five Nations Wine Challenge in Sydney. It’s a great privilege to have the best wines from five nations all here on my table...it’s unique and really a privilege being here as one of the jury. I think this contest is very relevant and important for the Chilean industry because we export ninety percent of our wines, our domestic market is very little, so it’s great to have this promotion and to be here and to compete with the best wines of Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Argentina. It’s really a great goal and a great achievement for Chile. I have great expectations with our Sauvignon Blancs and Cabernets and of course I would like that in the following years we would also have a Carmenere category.

In the last ten years there has been great change in the Chilean wine industry. Our flagship is Cabernet Sauvignon, but great things are happening with Carmenere, Syrah and in recent years Sauvignon Blanc. We mainly export Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauvignon Blanc, and that’s amazing because ten or twenty years ago we didn’t produce white wines at all – now Sauvignon is a very firm and consistent category in the world.

This year I only invited a few of our best Syrah but I’m very sure that next year we will give a very tough fight to Shiraz from the other competing nations. These days we have a very tough world wine market with very good wines from everywhere – some countries where we didn’t expect very good quality, are now producing good wines, so it’s very important for our countries in the Southern Hemisphere to make a difference, to produce wines with more identity, with more character, with more personality.

More recently in Chile, we have been doing a lot of work, discovering ancient grapes, planting in more extreme zones and terroirs, like very close to the sea or very high in the Andes Mountains, and I think that is the clue for our country, to go a little bit further, to go a little bit to the extreme and produce wines with really good character and really great quality.

The Judging Teams


FivE NATiONS WiNE CHALLENGE 2011ThE JudgiNg TEams

Jeremy (Freddy) FootChiEF sTEWard

This is my third year as Steward for this outstanding wine event and once again working with a cracking team of Sommeliers and one very keen winemaker who joined the gang this year. Judith Kennedy calls us the Munchkins because as a group we were invited to steward the 2009 competition as sommelier students. We all work here for five days because in our profession it’s great to have a look at something a little bit different and generally inaccessible. Two of our group returned early from overseas for this outstanding opportunity. After two days of sorting and labelling we were ready for the five judges. All the wines are poured blind of course and with sommelier skills behind us we set up and prepare for the judges in a minimum of time. Chairman Huon Hooke demands the best and we deliver it. Part of our role here is to educate a Junior Steward each year and though he spends most of his time washing glasses we tutor him in pouring and tasting and hope that next year he will return for more hard work and a greater learning curve!

Who’s going to win the world cup? Mate, I’ve got no idea, just stick to the wine...

Michael FridjhonsOuTh aFriCa

I’ve been the South African Judge at this competition since its inception in 2003 always believing that the competition is important for my nation because it has enabled us as a wine producing country to calibrate against other important players in the international market. I don’t see that necessarily as a kind of competitive advantage or disadvantage – I see it as an essential part of understanding our place in the world of wine and how we line up alongside the other players who also have a significant role to play, not only in the European markets where obviously everybody rushed in the past, but increasingly as we look towards the Asian markets. We need to understand where we might find a point of difference for ourselves.

As a country, I think that South Africa has made enormous progress as a wine producer in terms of its technology, its global competitiveness and its marketing skills since this competition began, and so in a sense we look forward one day to perhaps winning it, but equally we know that a good performance here enables producers to take those wines to other markets and express their virtues in a way that may not necessarily have been evident to the producer or to the consumer ten years ago.

Over the same period of time, and because I suppose South Africa itself has been changing and the world market has made a much greater impact on domestic wine styles than would have been the case in the era of isolation, we see for example that Pinotage, instead of being inaccessible and made for vinous masochists, has been converted into something softer, more accessible but not necessarily simpler. In the last three to five years, we’ve seen some really fine Pinotage being produced, likewise Chenin Blanc, which is for the South African producer, more or less the vinous equivalent. We have got thousands of hectares of old Chenin Blanc vineyards, and instead of treating it as a kind of a workhorse for every winery, those who understand how to work with the grape and do have old vines as a resource, have been able to go out and make wines that certainly rival the best of the Loire Valley in France.

It is of course easier to predict who’s going to win the Five Nations Challenge, than to predict who is going to win the Rugby World Cup, but we think that our secret weapon is that no one, including the coach, knows what team will finally appear on the day, and with some chance of fooling everyone, we’re hoping to repeat our previous successes, and embarrass the Kiwis yet again.

Bob Campbell MW NEW ZEalaNd

This is my ninth year judging the Five Nations Wine Challenge (formerly Tri Nations) and to me it is the most important wine competition I judge in any year. This Challenge is important because we are looking at terrific wines, the absolute cream of the crop from New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and now Chile and Argentina – and that from my perspective gives me an idea where New Zealand fits with other important wine producing countries.

It also shows me the state-of-the-art wines from those other countries, so it’s a double whammy that’s really good stuff. From the winemaker’s point of view, it’s also important because it promotes their brand overseas, particularly if they do well, but just being invited to enter the competition is a significant achievement in its own right, but it also lets them see how their wines fit with the wines of the world. We (New Zealand) are at the bottom of the world and it’s easy to get your head thoroughly buried in the sand, so this is a good chance to extract head from sand and see what’s going on and see how our wines relate to them. I think the addition of Chile and Argentina is fantastic. From my point of view I like to see the best that those countries have to offer and they are both rapidly evolving and dynamic wine industries so it’s going to be nice to keep pace with that.

Australia won the first six years and New Zealand has won the last two which is a good sign – we don’t yet know of course who is going to win the ninth, but fingers crossed that we can do to the others what the All Blacks will hopefully be doing to their sporting teams in a few months time. With regard to New Zealand’s wine industry probably the most notable development is the slowdown in expansion of vineyards and temporary surplus of wine that is around. I guess one of the most interesting things on the wine scene of late is the introduction of new varieties in a slightly more than experimental way – Gruner Veltliner is the first one that springs to mind, Arneis, Garnacha, we’ve got quite a lot happening and not all of those seeds will reach fruition and produce necessarily great wine, but there’s certainly some departures from the traditional styles that we’ve been making in the offing I think.

The Judging Teams


FivE NATiONS WiNE CHALLENGE 2011ThE JudgiNg TEams

WiNE OF shOW

South Africa's Nederburg Wines 2009 Muscadel

NaTiON OF shOW

Australia

WhiTE WiNE OF shOW

South Africa’s Paul Cluver

2009 Chardonnay

rEd WiNE OF shOW

New Zealand’s Kidnapper Cliffs 2009 Cabernet

Sauvignon

OvErall rEsulTs summary AUST NZ SA ARG CHi Total

Class 1 Sparkling 115 130 24 16 60

Class 2 Aromatic White 91 50 127 68 9

Class 3 Chardonnay 68 105 101 30 41

Class 4 Sauvignon Blanc x 98.4 90.4 28.8 58.4

Class 5 Other Whites 140 58 123 4 20

Class 6 White Blends 50 x 88 x x

Class 7 Rose 78 76.8 x 52.2 x

Class 8 Pinot Noir 145 162 31 2 5

Class 9 Merlot 180 44 52 5 64

Class 10 Malbec x x x 118 20

Class 11 Bordeaux Blends 90 78 83 78 16

Class 12 Red Blends 137 62 19 78 49

Class 13 Other Reds 30 114 60 39 102

Class 14 Shiraz 134 97 65 12 37

Class 15 Cabernet Sauvignon 158 77 32 5 73

Class 16 Dessert 76.8 45.6 135.2 x 18.4

Country of Show 1492.8 1197.8 1030.6 536 572.8 4830

TrOPhy aNd mEdal summary AUS NZ SA ARG CHi Total

Trophy 2 5 6 2 2 17

Runner up/Double Gold 7 4 2 2 2 17

Double Gold 8 5 5 1 2 21

Gold 19 10 11 9 6 55

Sponsors and Overall Results

WINNING NATION OF CLASS x NO PARTICIPATION


FivE NATiONS WiNE CHALLENGE 2011sPONsOrs aNd OvErall rEsulTs

National SpecialtiesArgentina Malbec has long been known as one of the six grapes allowed in the blend of red Bordeaux wine. Malbec is also known to a lesser degree as Auxerrois & Côt, mainly in France. The grape became less popular in Bordeaux after 1956 when frost killed off 75% of the crop. However, in Argentina the grape is surging and has become a ‘national variety’ of sort that is uniquely identified with Argentina.

Argentina’s most highly rated Malbec wines originate from Mendoza’s high altitude wine regions located in the foothills of the Andes Mountains between 2,800 and 5,000 feet elevation. High altitude Mendoza has attracted many notable foreign winemakers and today, there are several Malbecs from the region scoring over 95 points in the Wine Spectator and Robert Parker’s The Wine Advocate. Malbec creates an inky, deep red (or violet) coloured, intense wine with ample tannins, so it is also commonly used in blends with Merlot and Cabernet to create rich, dark and juicy Bordeaux-style blends.

South AfricaPinotage is a grape variety that was created in South Africa in 1925 by Abraham Izak Perold of Stellenbosch University. Four seeds from this cross varietal (Pinot Noir and Cinsault) were planted by Perold in an experimental garden. The young plants were moved to Elsenburg Agricultural College and in 1935 grafted onto rootstocks. The resultant propagation was christened Pinotage, and the first wine was made in 1941.

Pinotage has good depth of flavour, a unique individual fruity refreshing wine. Some tasters remark on a banana-like taste of bramble fruits and a velvety texture. It’s a dinner wine, with good levels of alcohol giving depth and structure and cellaring ability.

By Ross Anderson

Australia Sémillon is widely grown in Australia, particularly in the Hunter Valley north of Sydney. Something truly unique to Australia is a high quality, dry style semillon, which when released as a bottle aged example exhibit a buttercup-yellow colour, burnt toast or honey characteristics on the nose and excellent complex flavours on the palate, with a long finish and soft acid.

Sémillon is also finding favour with Australian producers outside of the Hunter Valley, particularly in the Barossa Valley and Margaret River regions. The Adelaide Hills is becoming a flourishing region for Semillon with the cooler climate producing some wines of great complexity.

New ZealandPinot Noir is typically fruit-driven, forward and early maturing in the bottle. The wines tend to be quite full-bodied and very approachable in their youth. High quality examples of New Zealand Pinot noir, particularly from the Martinborough region, are distinguished by savoury, earthy flavours with a greater complexity.

Central Otago Pinot Noir is generally big, soft textured, wines rich in flavours, high in alcohol and low in natural acid, however subtle, finer, examples are produced, usually at the higher price points. Specialist producers in the Waipara and Canterbury regions are producing a range of Pinot Noir styles, from bold, tannic and dark new-world style ‘Reserves’ to finer, more Burgundian-influenced Pinot Noir. Marlborough Pinot Noir is often fragrant and appealingly round whilst multi-area blends made by large producers (usually blending Marlborough, Waipara, and Central Otago fruit) can offer good value.

Chile Carménère has found a new home in Chile. The varietal originates from Bordeaux, is a member of the Cabernet family of grapes and along with Cabernet sauvignon, Cabernet franc, Merlot, Malbec and Petit verdot, is considered part of the original six red grapes of Bordeaux.

Chile now has the world’s largest plantations, with more than 8,800 hectares (2009) cultivated in the Central Valley of South America As such, Chile produces the vast majority of Carménère wines available today and as the Chilean wine industry grows, more experimentation is being carried out on Carménère’s potential as a blending grape, especially with Cabernet Sauvignon.

For information on the availability of these varieties contact [email protected]

Craggy Range Winery, New Zealand


FivE NATiONS WiNE CHALLENGE 2011NaTiONal sPECialTiEs

NEdErburg’s hisTOry, dating back to 1791, is remarkable for the pioneering and visionary ideals of those associated with the winery. Today, Nederburg is South Africa’s most widely awarded name in wine. Phillipus Wolvaart established the 49 hectare farm of Paarl valley and in just six years the land was completely fruitful. Through revolutionary techniques such as cold fermentation, Johann Graue, who took ownership in 1937, established Nederburg as the leading producer of quality South African wines.

During the late 1930’s, Nederburg’s owner, Johann Graue, pioneered the philosophy that a great wine starts in the vineyard and evolves through every step of the winemaking process. To this day, nothing has changed in the company’s approach. From the state-of-the-art Ernita Nursery, where great care is taken in marrying fruit-carrying vines and rootstock, to the ideal matching of terroir and varietal, Nederburg’s vineyards yield outstanding quality fruit season after season. Today, Nederburg’s tradition continues with wines that people love to drink. Grape varieties are matched with location to yield fine fruit flavors. Nederburg’s viticulturists, winegrowers and winemakers all work together with passion, patience and precision to nurture the vines and ensure the grapes are picked at the ideal time for vinification.

Tariro Masayiti (White Winemaker)

Wilhelm Pienaar (Red Winemaker)

Five NAtiONS WiNe ChAlleNge 2011PagE 10

FivE NATiONS WiNE CHALLENGE 2011WiNE OF shOW

Nederburg is South Africa’s leading and most decorated name in wine, winner of more international and domestic awards than any other in the country. They were recently judged the most successful producer on the SA Trophy Wine Show. The winery itself was an inaugural winner of the international Wine Tourism Award for Cape Town, presented by the Great Wine Capitals Global Network. The brand’s universal appeal lies in Nederburg’s ability to make classically structured wines with fruit-rich fl avours. The hallmark combination of fi nesse and fruit is evident in all their wines.

The winery is supported by an extensive investment in superior plant material, propagated at a dedicated nursery, Ernita, near Wellington, long-standing relationships with supplier growers, ongoing viticultural research and a cellar that comfortably accommodates production for growth markets, as well as specialist, connoisseur wines. Razvan Macici heads the team as Nederburg cellarmaster. He is supported by two winemakers who work closely under his direction. They are Wilhelm Pienaar, who produces the red wines and Tariro Masayiti, who makes the whites.

COuNTry

South Africa

WiNEry

Nederburg Wines

WiNE

NEdErburg WiNEs PrivaTE biN EmiNENCE

NOblE laTE harvEsT musCadEl 2009WEbsiTE

www.distell.co.za

Razvan Macici (Cellarmaster)


FivE NATiONS WiNE CHALLENGE 2011WiNE OF shOW

Trophy Winner

Second Place WinnerCOuNTry

Australia

WiNEry

Brown Brothers

WiNE

PaTriCia PiNOT ChardONNay 2005WEbsiTE

www.brownbrothers.com.au

Trophy WinnerCOuNTry

New Zealand

WiNEry

Hawkesbridge

WiNE

marlbOrOugh mEThOdE TradiTiONNEllE ChardONNay, PiNOT NOir 2007

WEbsiTE

www.nzwinesociety.co.nz

JudgE’s COmmENT

THE WiNE SHOWS SOME iNTERESTiNG FLAvOURS WiTH DELiCATE AROMAS, DEEP LENGTH AND GENERALLY REFRESHiNG.

Fabricio PortelliFabriCiO’s FOOd maTCh

A natural with seafood and would well suit steamed Barramundi and Chinese fried rice.


Trophy WinnerTrophy WinneriT iS MUCH MORE DiFFiCULT TO SHOW THE DivERSiTY OF THE NEW WORLD iN THiS CLASS. THEY ARE ALL vERY CONSiSTENT BUT NOT COMPLEX. SOME OF THEM WiTH A TOUCH OF OXiDATiON BUT WiTH SiMPLE FLAvOURS SO THEY ARE MORE DiFFiCULT TO DRiNK. THE MAJORiTY OF THEM ARE DRiNKABLE AND ENJOYABLE.Fabricio Portelli

CLASS 1sParkliNg WiNEs

WiNNiNG COUNTRY OF CLASSNEW ZEalaNd

Trophy Winner

Second Place Winner

Trophy Winner

COuNTry

South Africa

WiNEry

Howard Booysen Wines

WiNE

riEsliNg 2010WEbsiTE

www.jordanwines.com

COuNTry

South Africa

WiNEry

Jordan

WiNE

riEsliNg 2009WEbsiTE

www.jordanwines.com

JudgE’s COmmENT

REALLY FiNE, SPiCY BUT NOT OiLY AROMATiCS PERFECTLY BALANCED iN THE MOUTH, FOOD FRiENDLY AND

REFRESHiNG AND WiTH A SAvOURY FiNiSH.Michael FridjhonmiChaEl’s FOOd maTCh

Delicious at an indonesian restaurant or with smoked salmon.


Trophy WinnerTrophy WinnerA WiDER THAN USUAL RANGE OF vARiETiES AND STYLES ALL WiTH vARYiNG LEvELS OF SWEETNESS. THE BEST ALL SHOWED vERY PRECiSE

AROMATiCS AND GREAT DETAiL ON THE PALATE. SOME LACKED FRESHNESS AND A FEW PRESENTED WiTH MARKED BiTTERNESS.Michael Fridjhon

CLASS 2arOmaTiC WiNEs

WiNNiNG COUNTRY OF CLASSsOuTh aFriCa

Awarded The Trophy For Class 3 – Aromatics - Tri-Nations 2010.

73 FELTON ROAD, BANNOCKBURN, CENTRAL OTAGO • TEL +64 3 445 3445 • WWW.MTDIFFICULTY.CO.NZ

THE ESSENCE OF CENTRAL OTAGO....

....A REFLECTION OF PLACE

“Rated as one of the Top NZ Wineries” – Bob Campbell MW

Proud to have the following three of our wines chosen for the 5 Nations Competition:

Martinborough Vineyard Pinot Noir – Champion Pinot Noir 2009

Martinborough Vineyard Chardonnay – Runner up 2010

Martinborough Vineyard Riesling

Phone: +64 6 306 9955Email: [email protected]

www.martinborough-vineyard.co.nz

Martinborough VineyardCelebrating 30 Years of Iconic NZ Wine

Trophy Winner

Second Place Winner

Trophy Winner

COuNTry

Australia

WiNEry

Leeuwin Estate

WiNE

arT sEriEs ChardONNay 2008WEbsiTE

www.leeuwinestate.com.au

COuNTry

South Africa

WiNEry

Paul Cluver

WiNE

ChardONNay 2009WEbsiTE

www.cluver.com

JudgE’s COmmENT

RESTRAiNED AND EXCEPTiONALLY FiNE, WiTH ELEGANT LiME-CiTRUS NOTES DOMiNATiNG, OAK WELL USED AND PERFECTLY iNTEGRATED, BRiNGiNG

SPiCE AND GRiLLED HAZELNUT NOTES AND ADDiNG TEXTURE AND LENGTH.Michael FridjhonmiChaEl’s FOOd maTCh

Smoked duck breast on a salad of celery and apple.

White Wine of Show


Trophy WinnerTrophy WinnerA vERY STRONG CLASS BUT WiTH A WiDE RANGE OF STYLES, MAKiNG UNANiMiTY BETWEEN THE JUDGES DiFFiCULT. GENERALLY THE

OAK WAS WELL HANDLED AND FRUiT WAS FRESH, RATHER THAN OvER RiPE.Michael Fridjhon

CLASS 3ChardONNay


Trophy Winner

Second Place WinnersJoint


New Zealand

WiNEry

Mount Riley

WiNE

limiTEd rElEasE sauvigNON blaNC 2010WEbsiTE

www.mountriley.co.nz

JudgE’s COmmENT

THiS WiNE ACHiEvED iMPRESSivE PURiTY WiTH CLASSiCAL SAUviGNON BLANC vARiETAL CHARACTERS WiTH GOOD WEiGHT AND MOUTH-FEEL.

Bob Campbell MWbOb’s FOOd maTCh

Freshly shucked Pacifi c oysters garnished with small lemon wedges and thinly sliced grain bread with a slight smear of real butter. Wonderful at any time of the day.

COuNTry

Chile

WiNEry

Casa Marin

WiNE

CiPrEsEs viNEyard sauvigNON blaNC 2010

WEbsiTE

www.casamarin.cl

COuNTry

New Zealand

WiNEry

Saint Clair

WiNE

PiONEEr blOCk 19, bird blOCk sauvigNON blaNC 2010

WEbsiTE

www.saintclair.co.nz


Trophy WinnerTrophy WinnerOvERALL A STRONG CLASS WiTH MOST WiNES ACHiEviNG GOOD PURiTY AND PRONOUNCED FLAvOURS. THERE iS LESS EMPHASiS ON COMPLEXiTY THROUGH BARREL FERMENTATiON ALTHOUGH GOOD LEES iNFLUENCE WAS EviDENT AND REWARDED.Bob Campbell MW

CLASS 4sauvigNON blaNC


Trophy Winner

Second Place Winner

JointTrophy WinnerCOuNTry

South Africa

WiNEry

Bellingham

WiNE

ThE bErNard sEriEs rOussaNNE 2010WEbsiTE

www.bellinghamwines.com

JudgE’s COmmENT

A LOvELY SOFT, BEAUTiFULLY FLAvOURED AND TEXTURED, SUBTLY WOODED STYLE.

Huon HookehuON’s FOOd maTCh

Chicken with a creamy sauce.


Trophy WinnerTrophy WinnerCLASS 5

OThEr WhiTE variETiEs

A vERY DivERSE CLASS, iN AGES AS WELL AS vARiETiES, SO iT’S iNEviTABLY A vERY DiSPARATE RESULT, WiTH POETiC JUSTiCE PREvAiLiNG AND TWO QUiTE DiFFERENT WiNES ACHiEviNG iDENTiCAL SCORiNG AND THEREFORE iNSEPARABLE FOR THE TROPHY WiNE.

Huon Hooke

Thank youCristian Morales of TNT Mendoza for rescuing the Argentinean wines for this year’s challenge!

Judith Kennedy - Founding CEO & PresidentAssociation of Australian Boutique Winemakers Inc.

WiNNiNG COUNTRY OF CLASSausTralia

Trophy Winner

Second Place Winner

Joint

COuNTry

Australia

WiNEry

Thomas

WiNE

CEllar rEsErvE braEmOrE sEmillON 2006WEbsiTE

www.thomaswines.com.au

COuNTry

Australia

WiNEry

Peter Lehmann

WiNE

margarET sEmillON 2005WEbsiTE

www.peterlehmannwines.com

JudgE’s COmmENT

A CLASSiC SEMi-MATURED DELiCATE LOW-ALCOHOL, UNWOODED DRY WHiTE.

Huon HookehuON’s FOOd maTCh

Pan-fried whiting or snapper.


Trophy WinnerA vERY DivERSE CLASS, iN AGES AS WELL AS vARiETiES, SO iT’S iNEviTABLY A vERY DiSPARATE RESULT, WiTH POETiC JUSTiCE PREvAiLiNG AND TWO QUiTE DiFFERENT WiNES ACHiEviNG iDENTiCAL SCORiNG AND THEREFORE iNSEPARABLE FOR THE TROPHY WiNE.Huon Hooke

CLASS 5OThEr WhiTE variETiEs


Trophy Winner

Second Place Winner

Trophy Winner

COuNTry

South Africa

WiNEry

Cape Point vineyards

WiNE

isliEdh sauvigNON blaNC sEmillON 2010WEbsiTE

www.noordhoekvineyards.co.za

COuNTry

South Africa

WiNEry

Tokara

WiNE

dirECTOr’s rEsErvE WhiTE sauvigNON blaNC sEmillON 2009

WEbsiTE

www.tokara.co.za

JudgE’s COmmENT

A WiNE WiTH NiCE FLORAL NOTES OF ASPARAGUS AND GREEN BEANS. ALSO SHOWiNG PASSiON FRUiT AND LiME. FRESH AND FULL-BODiED, LONG AND CRiSPY. A WiNE TO ENJOY EATiNG SEAFOOD AT SUNSET!

Eduardo BrethauerEduardO’s FOOd maTCh

Ceviche of tuna and scallops with sweet Rocoto sauce (red hot Peruvian-style).


Trophy WinnerTrophy WinnerTHiS CLASS iS A MYSTERY AND A NiCE SURPRiSE. THERE ARE WiNES WiTH DEEP ACiDiTY AND OTHERS ARE vERY FLORAL AND CALM

DEPENDiNG ON THE BLEND, THE MOOD AND CHARACTER OF THE GRAPES. A SHORT BUT vERY CONSiSTENT FLiGHT.Eduardo Brethauer

CLASS 6WhiTE blENds

WiNNiNG COUNTRY OF CLASSsOuTh aFriCa

Trophy Winner

Second Place Winner


New Zealand

WiNEry

Forrest Estate

WiNE

TaTTy bOglEr PiNOT NOir 2010WEbsiTE

www.forrest.co.nz

JudgE’s COmmENT

A RiCH, FULLER FLAvOURED AND COLOURED STYLE WiTH A WELL-BALANCED TOUCH OF SWEETNESS,

MAKiNG iT A GENUiNE CROWD-PLEASER.Huon Hooke

huON’s FOOd maTCh

Coq-au-vin

COuNTry

Argentina

WiNEry

Kaiken

WiNE

malbEC 2010WEbsiTE

www.monteswines.com


Trophy WinnerTrophy WinnerA BiG RANGE OF STYLES, FROM vERY DELiCATE AND PALE TO FULLER-BODiED AND DARK, FROM BONE-DRY TO SLiGHTLY SWEET, FROM PROvENÇAL COPiES TO EXUBERANT NEW WORLD STYLES. iT’S A PiTY THE STANDARD WAS NOT HiGH.Huon Hooke

CLASS 7rOsÉ


TERRAVIN WINES – MARLBOROUGH NEW ZEALAND

TerraVin was founded in 1999 when Mike and Jo Eaton planted the Eaton Family Vineyard. TerraVin vineyards are located in the Southern Valleys of the Wairau Valley in the region of Marlborough. Estate Vineyards now cover 39 hectares of vines. Mike Eaton started viticulture in Marlborough in 1981 and has been involved in the development of major vineyards throughout New Zealand in particular Pinot Noir. He was one of the only viticulturist to focus early on the cultivation of Pinot Noir on the Southern Valley hillsides of Marlborough.

PHILOSOPHY

• organic vineyards with biodynamic practises• focus on Pinot Noir and Sauvignon Blanc that are

expressive of individual vineyard sites. • Pinot Noir is grown on the gentle North facing slopes

of the Southern Valleys of Marlborough.• Winemaking is non-interventionist allowing the

low yields and work done in the vineyard to deliver natural site expression in all wines.

Mike and Jo Eaton

“Tapanappa is the proud custodian of three unique and distinguished sites; the Tiers Vineyard in the Adelaide Hills’ Piccadilly Valley, Foggy Hill Vineyard from the Parawa subregion of the Fleurieu Peninsula, and the Whalebone Vineyard in Wrattonbully’s Joanna district.”Brian Croser, Winemakerwww.tapanappawines.com.au

‘TAPANAPPA TERROIR’

Tap_advert_215x150_FA.indd 1 30/08/11 12:11 PM

Trophy Winner


New Zealand

WiNEry

Akarua

WiNE

rEsErvE PiNOT NOir 2009WEbsiTE

www.akarua.com

COuNTry

Australia

WiNEry

Paringa Estate

WiNE

Estate Pinot Noir 2009

WEbsiTE

www.paringaestate.com.au

JudgE’s COmmENT

A WONDERFULLY DEEP, COMPLEX WiNE WiTH SUPERB COLOUR, AND A MÉLANGE OF SPiCE AND DARK FRUiT AROMAS

THAT WAS TRULY FASCiNATiNG – A GREAT PiNOT.Huon Hooke

huON’s FOOd maTCh

Roast guinea fowl.


Trophy WinnerA CLASS iN TWO HALvES – THE REALLY SMART WiNES AND THE ALSO-RANS. WE HAD vERY GOOD AGREEMENT ON THE BEST WiNES. MANY WiNES LACKED PiNOT CHARM AND FiNESSE. TOP WiNES RANGED FROM DELiCATE AND ETHEREAL TO POWERFUL AND STRUCTURED STYLES.Huon Hooke

CLASS 8PiNOT NOir


‘Australian Winery of the Year’James Halliday Wine Companion 2007

Paringa Estate winery was established in 1985 by owner & winemaker Lindsay McCall. The � rst vines were planted in 1985 & by 1990 10 acres were fully planted encompassing Pinot Noir, Chardonnay & Shiraz. The � rst vintage occurred in 1988 with 3 tones of fruit. In 2010 Paringa Estate managed over 55 acres of vineyard & processed in excess of 220 tones of fruit, or 16,000 cases of wine.

In 2007 James Halliday awarded Paringa Estate his inaugural “Australian Winery of The Year” in recognition of Lindsay’s consistently high standard of wine. Also in 2007 Lindsay was nominated Gourmet Wine Traveller “Australian Winemaker of the Year” for his contribution to the Australian Wine Industry.

Winemaker Lindsay McCall has “an absolute gift for winemaking” according to James Halliday, who says his wines are of “the highest quality with a distinguished pedigree”.

Paringa is a well established brand predominately known for Pinot Noir, which consistently wins National & International Awards. Recent awards include Best Pinot Noir of Show in the 2010 Royal Melbourne Wine Show & the 2009 Royal Sydney Wine Show.

However in recent years Paringa Shiraz has had even more success. In the 2006 Royal Sydney Wine Show the 2004 Estate Shiraz won a record six Trophies including Best Wine of Show. Three years later in 2009 Paringa returned to win � ve Trophies including Best Shiraz in Show & Best Wine of the Show for the 2006 Estate Shiraz.

Paringa Estate is an iconic producer not only within the local Mornington Peninsula region, but also within the wider Australian Wine industry- currently exporting to the United Kingdom, Denmark, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan and China.

Paringa Estate Winery & Restaurant44 Paringa Rd

Red Hill South 3937

www.paringaestate.com.au

(03) 59892 669

Paringa Estate AD.indd 1 1/09/11 11:01 AM

Trophy Winner

Second Place Winner

Trophy Winner

COuNTry

Australia

WiNEry

Penny’s Hill

WiNE

malPas rOad mErlOT 2010WEbsiTE

www.pennyshill.com.au

COuNTry

Chile

WiNEry

Cono Sur

WiNE

20 barrEls mErlOT 2008WEbsiTE

www.conosur.com

JudgE’s COmmENT

A BiG, iNTENSE AND RATHER COMPLEX WiNE WiTH STRONG, RiPE BERRY FRUiT FLAvOURS. A RiCH AND WARMiNG WiNE WiTH POTENTiAL.

Bob Campbell MWbOb’s FOOd maTCh

Slow-cooked lamb or beef with a range of seasonal root vegetables.


Trophy WinnerTrophy WinnerA CLASS OF PEAKS AND TROUGHS WiTH SOME ATTRACTivE WiNES SHOWiNG iNTENSE, BRiGHT FRUiT FLAvOURS WHiLE OTHERS APPEARED TO BE DULL AND DRYiNG OUT. Bob Campbell MW

CLASS 9mErlOT


Trophy Winner


Chile

WiNEry

Loma Larga

WiNE

malbEC 2009WEbsiTE

www.lomalarga.com

COuNTry

Argentina

WiNEry

Salentein

WiNE

rEsErvE malbEC 2009WEbsiTE

www.bodegasalentein.com

JudgE’s COmmENT

FRUiTY, SUCCULENT AND viBRANT WiTH iMPRESSivE CONCENTRATiON BUT RETAiNiNG A SUPPLE, JUiCY TEXTURE. OAK iS CLEARLY

EviDENT BUT APPROPRiATE FOR SUCH A YOUTHFUL EXAMPLE.Bob Campbell MW

bOb’s FOOd maTCh

T-bone or rib-eye steak grilled over an open fi re or wood barbeque served with roasted potatoes garnished with fresh herbs.


Trophy WinnerA vERY STRONG CLASS ALBEiT FROM ONLY TWO COUNTRiES. THERE WAS A CONTRAST iN STYLES BETWEEN THE RiPER, JUiCiER

ARGENTiNEAN STYLES AND PEPPERY, COOLER CLiMATE STYLES – BOTH vALiD.Bob Campbell MW

CLASS 10malbEC

WiNNiNG COUNTRY OF CLASSargENTiNa

Trophy Winner

Second Place Winner

Trophy Winner

COuNTry

Argentina

WiNEry

Catena Zapata

WiNE

NiChOlas malbEC CabErNET sauvigNON 2006WEbsiTE

www.catenawines.com

COuNTry

New Zealand

WiNEry

Craggy Range

WiNE

sOPhia mErlOT CabErNET FraNC 2009WEbsiTE

www.craggyrange.com

JudgE’s COmmENT

A BRiGHT ELEGANT YOUNG WiNE OF GREAT iNTENSiTY AND FOCUS. BLACKBERRY AND DARK CHERRY FLAvOURS LACED WiTH STYLiSH OAK; vERY DEEP AND LONG iN THE

MOUTH WiTHOUT BEiNG AT ALL HEAvY-HANDED.Huon Hooke

huON’s FOOd maTCh

Pink roast leg of lamb with baked root vegetables and steamed green beans.


Trophy WinnerTrophy WinnerA GOOD CLASS WiTH MANY HiGHLiGHTS AND OUR PREFERENCES WERE WiDELY SPREAD. THESE WERE A NUMBER OF OvER-RiPE OvER-EXTRACTED, BLACK WiNES WiTH FEROCiOUS TANNiNS. ON THE OTHER HAND MANY STYLiSH, ELEGANT WiNES WiTH BRiGHT, FRESH FLAvOURS AND SOFT MEASURED TANNiNS.Huon Hooke

CLASS 11bOrdEaux blENds

WiNNiNG COUNTRY OF CLASSWiNNiNG COUNTRY OF CLASSausTralia

w w w . c u l l e n w i n e s . c o m . a u

o 8 9 7 5 5 5 2 7 7

Q u a l i t y I n t e g r i t y

S u s t a i n a b i l i t y

C e l e b r a t i n g 4 0 Y e a r s I n 2 0 1 1

John Duval is known as one of the winemakers to put Australian wine on the map. Like someone

with a famous relative, John’s name was once barely uttered without reference to Australia’s most

famous wine, Grange, of which he was apprentice and ultimately custodian for almost 30 years.

Today, it is his bold wines borne from old vine Shiraz vineyards throughout the Barossa that are demanding attention. His trio of Plexus, Entity and Eligo show the measure of John’s hands- on winemaking.

“To make wines that I am entirely responsible for is the most challenging and rewarding experience of my career. Putting your name on a wine is the ultimate accountability – it only took me 28 years to do it. Working so closely with the growers is the highlight. My respect for them, and that remarkable plant, the grapevine, grows every year.”

“John Duval Wines will never be another Penfolds - it is simply my chance to express my 30 odd years of premium winemaking knowledge using some of the best fruit in the world.”

Contact John to confirm your nearest stockist or buy direct; [email protected].

www.johnduvalwines.com | ph: +61 (0)8 85622266.

John Duval is known as one of the winemakers to put Australian wine on the map. Like someone

with a famous relative, John’s name was once barely uttered without reference to Australia’s most

famous wine, Grange, of which he was apprentice and ultimately custodian for almost 30 years.

Today, it is his bold wines borne from old vine Shiraz vineyards throughout the Barossa that are demanding attention. His trio of Plexus, Entity and Eligo show the measure of John’s

experience of my career. Putting your name on a wine is the ultimate accountability – it only took me 28 years to do it. Working so closely with the growers is the highlight. My respect for them, and that remarkable plant, the grapevine, grows every year.”

“John Duval Wines will never be another Penfolds - it is simply my chance to express my 30 odd years of premium winemaking knowledge using some of the best fruit in the world.”

Contact John to confirm your nearest stockist or buy direct;

www.johnduvalwines.com |

Trophy Winner


Australia

WiNEry

Wolf Blass

WiNE

blaCk labEl CabErNET sauvigNON, shiraZ, malbEC 2006

WEbsiTE

www.wolfblass.com.au

COuNTry

Chile

WiNEry

Santa Ema

WiNE

amPlus ONE CarmENErE syrah CarigNaN 2008WEbsiTE

www.santaema.cl

JudgE’s COmmENT

BECAUSE OF iTS STRUCTURE, THiS WiNE NEEDS TiME TO DEvELOP ELEGANCE AND COMPLEXiTY. iT NOW SHOWS A GREAT EXPRESSiON OF FRUiT AND

HAS A LOT OF POTENTiAL. iT iS A ‘YOUNG GUY’ BUT A vERY SERiOUS ONE.Fabricio Portelli

FabriCiO’s FOOd maTCh

A great rib eye steak with mixed mushrooms sautéed with small pieces of bacon and a dash of cream.


Trophy WinnerTHiS CLASS iS vERY iNTERESTiNG BECAUSE iT SHOWS CLEARLY THE DivERSiTY OF NEW WORLD WiNES. WHiLE SOME OF THEM ARE vERY CONCENTRATED, OTHERS SHOW MORE ELEGANCE. ALSO, WE HAD SOME FRUiT-DRivEN WiNES AND OTHERS OF A vERY CLASSiC STYLE WiTH vERY NiCE COMPLEXiTY. THE CLASS REvEALS THAT THE WiNES ARE NOT READY TO DRiNK, BUT HAvE NiCE AGiNG POTENTiAL.Fabricio Portelli

CLASS 12rEd blENds


Bilancia LimitedP O Box 2508

Stortford Lodge 4153

Hawkes Bay

New Zealand

t/f 64 6 844 4301e [email protected]

“Consistently one of the country’s best examples of syrah” Bob Campbell, MW, 2011

bi’lancia Italian. (be-larn-cha) balance, harmony and equilibrium; the scales, of the zodiac (libra).

PINOTNOIR

GOLD GOLD GOLD

CHARDONNAY

GOLD

NOBLERIESLING

DRYRIESLING

Award-winning wines from Marlborough

Stunning single-vineyard wines: Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Noble Riesling and Noble Sauvignon Blanc Semillon.

www.riverbyestate.com

PINOT NOBLE DRY

Trophy Winner

Second Place Winner

Trophy Winner

COuNTry

New Zealand

WiNEry

Obsidian

WiNE

WEEPiNg saNds mONTEPulCiaNO 2010WEbsiTE

www.obsidian.co.nz

COuNTry

Argentina

WiNEry

Pulenta Estate

WiNE

x1 graN CabErNET FraNC 2008WEbsiTE

www.pulentaestate.com

JudgE’s COmmENT

SWEET RED FRUiT WiTH SOFT TANNiNS AND SOME HERBAL TONES. A vERY JUiCY WiNE!

Fabricio PortelliFabriCiO’s FOOd maTCh

Pork fi let roasted over the fl ame served with baked vegetables and apple sauce.


Trophy WinnerTrophy WinnerLADiES AND GENTLEMEN THiS iS THE NEW WORLD OF WiNE! ALL OF THE REDS iN THiS CLASS HAvE SHOWN SECONDARY CHARACTERS, LARGE FLAvOURS AND TEXTURES. iT WAS DiFFiCULT TO CHOOSE ONE OF THEM ABOvE THE OTHERS BECAUSE i’M SURE THAT YOU WOULD FiND DiFFERENT MOMENTS FOR EACH OF THEM. SOME ARE LiGHT BODiED, OTHERS MORE CONCENTRATED; SOME ARE DELiCATE WHiLE OTHERS MORE EXPRESSivE. THERE WAS A WONDERFUL WiNE FOR EvERYBODY’S TASTE iN THiS CLASS.Fabricio Portelli

CLASS 13OThEr rEd variETiEs

WiNNiNG COUNTRY OF CLASSWiNNiNG COUNTRY OF CLASSNEW ZEalaNd

Pulenta Estate Ad.indd 1 1/09/11 11:55 AM

Trophy Winner

Second Place Winner

Trophy Winner

COuNTry

Australia

WiNEry

Penfolds

WiNE

rWT shiraZ 2008WEbsiTE

www.penfolds.com

COuNTry

South Africa

WiNEry

Eagles Nest

WiNE

shiraZ 2009WEbsiTE

www.eaglesnestwines.com

JudgE’s COmmENT

THiS WiNE DEMONSTRATED vERY SWEET FRUiT. A viBRANT AND iNTENSE WiNE, WiTH OAK BEAUTiFULLY

iNTEGRATED. A LONG AND SUMPTUOUS FiNiSH.Michael FridjhonmiChaEl’s FOOd maTCh

Seared venison on a bed of truffl e-infused mashed potatoes.


Trophy WinnerTrophy WinnerA vERY UNEvEN CLASS. SOME vERY FiNE WiNES, BUT A SiGNiFiCANT NUMBER OF ORDiNARY, OvER-COOKED AND NOT ALWAYS CLEAN SAMPLES. THE vERY BEST WERE EXCEPTiONAL HOWEvER, AND THE MEDALS WELL DESERvED.Michael Fridjhon

CLASS 14shiraZ

WiNNiNG COUNTRY OF CLASSWiNNiNG COUNTRY OF CLASSausTralia

Eagles’ Nest was originally a section of Groote Constantia, the wine supplier to European nobility, established by Simon van der Stel in the late 1600’s. Over time the farm has had a number of owners; since 1984 it has been in the control of the Mylrea family as an estate and mountain retreat.

Following a devastating mountain � re in 2000 which destroyed all of the natural fynbos vegetation and Protea plants, as well as approximately 95% of the forestation, it was decided to move the farm’s focus to wine. Whilst the Constantia Valley is most famous for its whites, it was felt that Eagles’ Nest, with its unique terroir within the valley, would be more suited to reds. With its East, West and North facing slopes it is the steepest commercially farmed land in the Cape region, if not in all of South Africa. The land is located 10.5km from the cool False Bay coast line and in the direct path of the summer trade winds. Of the total area of 38.4 hectares, only 12 hectares are under vine.

The farm’s objective is to produce, consistently, wines that are quality driven every step of the way and that are a true re� ection of our unique terroir. Only � ve wines are produced in limited volume, a Shiraz, with a prominent hint of white pepper tones on the nose with dark red berry fruits and a hint of violets, a Viognier, with ripe peach, apricot aromas morphing into jasmine and a mouth � lling palate infused with white stone pipe � avours, a Sauvignon Blanc, with a fresh, enticing palate and passion fruit, pineapple and guava aromas with a hint of green pepper, a Merlot, with the colour of gorgeous plums and a deep garnet rim and a nose exploding into an array of red berry fruits, raspberries, blackberries and red cherries, and Verreaux, a Merlot based Bordeaux blend, screaming of cool climate elegance, well rounded to the point of being velvety.

The � rst commercial harvest was in 2006 and the pedigree achieved across the full range over the 5 subsequent years is living proof of the farms unique characteristics.

The maturation strategy for the red’s is to put one third in new wood, one third in second � ll barrels and one third in third � ll barrels for around 18 months. It is also anticipated that the wine will, once bottled, lie for a further 12 to 18 months before going to market. The Viognier lies in third � ll barrels for approximately 6 to 8 months and is marketed once bottled. Our Sauvignon Blanc is unoaked. Screw top closures are used for all wines to ensure that there is no risk of cork taint.

The hallmark of the farm is consistency, quality and its people.

“a true re� ection of our unique terroir”

Sales Of� cePO Box 2436 Clareinch, 7740 South AfricaPhone: +27 (0)21 683 0487Fax +27 (0)21 683 7517

FarmEagles Nest, Old Constantia Main Road, Constantia, 7806 South AfricaPO Box 535, Constantia, 7848 South AfricaPhone: +27 (0)21 794 4095Fax: +27 (0)21 794 7113www.eaglesnestwines.com

Eagles Nest AD.indd 1 1/09/11 10:48 AM

Trophy Winner

Second Place Winner


New Zealand

WiNEry

Kidnapper Cliffs

WiNE

CabErNET sauvigNON 2009WEbsiTE

www.kidnappercliffs.com

JudgE’s COmmENT

THiS WiNE iS vERY DEEP iN AROMAS AND BLACK FRUiT. THiS WiNE iS vERY FiRM AND AN ELEGANT COMPANiON OF THE WOOD. iT HAS NiCE STRUCTURE AND iS MEATY AND SOFT. iT’S A WiNE TO EXPECT GREAT

THiNGS OF iN THE FUTURE. vERY COMMUNiCATivE, BUT SOFT TALKiNG.Eduardo Brethauer EduardO’s FOOd maTCh

Wagyu beef fi llet served with blackberry sauce and sautéed mushrooms.

COuNTry

Australia

WiNEry

vasse Felix

WiNE

CabErNET sauvigNON 2008WEbsiTE

www.vassefelix.com.au

Red Wine of Show


Trophy WinnerTrophy WinnerA vERY CONSiSTENT AND SERiOUS CLASS. MAYBE TOO SERiOUS. WE EXPECTED MORE JOY AND ADvENTURE. SOME OF THEM WERE vERY STYLiSH AND ELEGANT AND OTHERS A BiT GREEN. ALMOST ALL OF THEM ARE SEARCHiNG THE FRESH SiDE OF CABERNET.Eduardo Brethauer

CLASS 15CabErNET sauvigNON


Two of New Zealand’s most highly respected wineries — Hawkes

Bay’s Te Awa and Martinborough’s Dry River have joined together

to release a new premium wine brand — Kidnapper Cliffs.

Roys Hill Road SH50, Hastings 4175, New Zealandwww.kidnappercliffs.com

Kidnapper Cliffs AD.indd 1 1/09/11 10:49 AM

Trophy Winner


New Zealand

WiNEry

Riverby Estate

WiNE

NOblE riEsliNg 2009WEbsiTE

www.riverbyestate.com

COuNTry

South Africa

WiNEry

Nederburg Wines

WiNE

PrivaTE biN EmiNENCE NOblE laTE harvEsT musCadEl 2009

WEbsiTE

www.distell.co.za

JudgE’s COmmENT

SPLENDiD NOTES OF APRiCOT, MELON, HONEY AND TRUFFLES. A WiNE WiTH AN EXTREMELY NiCE BALANCE BETWEEN SUGAR AND ACiD. vOLUPTUOUS BUT FRESH. A WiNE WiTH AN ENDEARiNG AND CHARMiNG PERSONALiTY.

Eduardo BrethauerEduardO’s FOOd maTCh

Your personal choice of fresh fruit and blue cheeses.

Wine of Show

For over two hundred years we have been crafting a superior

range of quality wine.

Once again, the tasting panel agrees. So why not celebrate with Nederburg’s award winning wines.

www.nederburg.co.za

Enjoy Responsibly.FA_2122_5 NATIONS RUGBY AD.indd 1 2011/08/31 12:36 PM

Wine of ShowClass 16 Trophy Winner

Distell AD.indd 1 1/09/11 1:45 PM


Trophy WinnerA vERY CONSiSTENT AND vOLUPTUOUS CLASS WiTH DiFFERENT CHARACTERS. SOME WiNES HAD MORE HONEY CHARACTERS, OTHERS CiTRiC AND HERBAL BUT MOST OF THEM WiTH AN EXCELLENT BALANCE BETWEEN SWEETNESS AND FRESHNESS. A SWEET FUTURE FOR THiS CLASS.Eduardo Brethauer

CLASS 16dEssErT WiNE

WiNNiNG COUNTRY OF CLASSWiNNiNG COUNTRY OF CLASSsOuTh aFriCa

For over two hundred years we have been crafting a superior

range of quality wine.

Once again, the tasting panel agrees. So why not celebrate with Nederburg’s award winning wines.

www.nederburg.co.za

Enjoy Responsibly.FA_2122_5 NATIONS RUGBY AD.indd 1 2011/08/31 12:36 PM

Wine of ShowClass 16 Trophy Winner

Distell AD.indd 1 1/09/11 1:45 PM

Country + Winery Wine Variety + Vintage Website

Double Gold

Class 1 sParkliNg WiNEsAUS Coldstream Hills Chardonnay Pinot Noir 2006 www.coldstreamhills.com.auCHi Cono Sur Brut Chardonnay Riesling Pinot noir Nv www.conosur.com

Class 3 ChardONNayNZ Church Road Reserve Chardonnay 2009 www.churchroad.co.nzSA Oak valley Chardonnay 2010 www.oakvalley.co.za

Class 4 sauvigNON blaNCNZ Tupari Awatere valley Sauvignon Blanc 2010 www.tupari.co.nzSA Tokara Reserve Collection Elgin Sauvignon Blanc 2010 www.tokara.co.za

Class 5 OThEr WhiTE variETiEsAUS Brokenwood Belford Block 8 Semillon 2006 www.brokenwood.com.auSA Stellenrust Barrel Fermented ‘45’ Chenin Blanc 2009 www.stellenrust.co.za

Class 8 PiNOT NOirNZ Terravin Pinot Noir 2009 www.terravin.co.nz

Class 11 bOrdEaux blENdsARG Diamandes Gran Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon Malbec 2007 www.diamandes.com

Class 12 rEd blENdsAUS John Duval Plexus Shiraz Grenache Mourvedre 2009 www.johnduvalwines.comAUS Penfolds Bin 389 Shiraz Cabernet 2008 www.penfolds.com

Class 13 OThEr rEd variETiEsCHi De Martino Alto Las Piedras Single vineyard Carmenere 2009 www.demartino.clNZ Kidnapper Cliffs Cabernet Franc 2009 www.kidnappercliffs.comSA Diemersfontein Pinotage 2010 www.diemersfontein.co.za

Class 14 shiraZAUS Clonakilla Shiraz, viognier 2009 www.clonakilla.com.auAUS Teusner Albert Shiraz 2009 www.teusner.com.auNZ Bilancia La Collina Syrah 2009 www.bilancia.co.nz

Class 15 CabErNET sauvigNONAUS Wynns Coonawarra Estate John Riddoch Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 www.wynns.com.au

Class 16 dEssErT WiNEsAUS Lillypilly Estate Noble Blend 2002 www.lillypilly.comSA Fleur du Cap Die Bergkelder NLH Chenin Blanc 2010 www.fl eurducap.co.za

FivE NATiONS WiNE CHALLENGE 2011ThE mEdal WiNNErs

Hawkesbridge Winery, New Zealand




Class 1 sParkliNg WiNEsAUS Heemskerk Coal River valley Chardonnay Pinot Noir 2007 www.heemskerk.com.auNZ Deutz Blanc de Blancs Chardonnay 2007 www.deutz.co.nzNZ Margrain La Michelle Pinot Chardonnay 2008 www.margrainvineyard.co.nz

Class 2 arOmaTiC WiNEsARG Quara Quara Single vineyard Torrontés 2009 AUS Jim Barry Wines The Florita Riesling 2008 www.jimbarry.comAUS Peter Lehmann Wigan Riesling 2005 www.peterlehmannwines.comAUS Pewsey vale The Contours Museum Reserve Riesling 2005 www.pewseyvale.comAUS Tim Adams Riesling 2010 www.timadamswines.com.auSA Hartenberg Weisser Riesling 2009 www.hartenbergestate.com

Class 3 ChardONNayAUS Hoddles Creek Estate 1er Yarra valley Chardonnay 2009 www.hoddlescreekestate.com.auCHi De Martino Quebrada Seca Chardonnay 2009 www.demartino.clCHi vina Aquitania Sol de Sol Chardonnay 2008 www.aquitania.clNZ Martinborough vineyards Chardonnay 2009 NZ Neudorf Moutere Chardonnay 2009 www.neudorf.co.nz

Class 4 sauvigNON blaNCARG Finca Sophenia Sophenia Synthesis Sauvignon Blanc 2010 www.sophenia.comSA Cape Point vineyards Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2010 www.noordhoekvineyards.co.zaSA Quoin Rock The Nicobar Sauvignon Blanc 2009 www.quoinrock.comSA Tokara Zondernaam Sauvignon Blanc 2010 www.tokara.co.zaSA vergelegen Reserve Sauvignon Blanc 2011 www.vergelegen.co.za

Class 5 OThEr WhiTE variETiEsSA Bellingham The Bernard Series Chenin Blanc 2010 www.bellinghamwines.com

Class 6 WhiTE blENdsAUS Quealy Pobblebonk Pinot Gris Friulano Muscat Chardonnay Riesling 2010 www.quealy.com.au

Class 8 PiNOT NOirAUS Crittenden Estate The Zumma Pinot Noir 2009 www.crittendenwines.com.auAUS Paringa Estate The Paringa Pinot Noir 2010 www.paringaestate.com.auAUS Tapanappa Foggy Hill Pinot Noir 2009 www.tapanappawines.com.auNZ Akarua Pinot Noir 2009 www.akarua.com

Class 9 mErlOTAUS Fox Creek Reserve Merlot 2008 www.foxcreekwines.com

Eagles Nest Winery, South Africa


Class 10 malbECARG Caelum Malbec 2010 www.bodegacaelum.com.arARG Dante Robino Gran Dante Malbec 2008 www.bodegadanterobino.comARG Doña Paula Doña Paula Selección de Bodega Malbec 2007 www.donapaula.comARG Navarro Correas DiAGO Alegoría Gran Reserva Malbec 2008 www.ncorreas.com

Class 11 bOrdEauxARG Atamisque Atamisque Assemblage Malbec Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2007 www.atamisque.comAUS Cullen Diana Madeline Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Cabernet Franc 2009 www.cullenwines.com.auNZ Kidnapper Cliffs Ariki Merlot Cab Franc Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 www.kidnappercliffs.comSA KWv Wines The Mentors Orchestra 2009 www.kwv.co.zaSA Mvemve Raats De Compostella 2008

Class 12 rEd blENdsARG Felix Lavaque Felix Blend Malbec Tannat 2007 www.lavaque.comARG Finca Flichman Paisaje de Barrancas Syrah, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 www.fl ichman.com.arAUS Two Hands Brave Faces Grenache Shiraz Mataro 2009 www.twohandswines.comNZ Church Road Reserve Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 www.churchroad.co.nzNZ villa Maria Reserve Cabernet Merlot 2008 www.villamaria.co.nz

Class 13 OThEr rEd variETiEsCHi Perez Cruz Limited Edition Carmenere 2009 www.perezcruz.comCHi William Fevre Gran Cuvee Carmenere 2008 www.williamfevre.clNZ Kidnapper Cliffs Pinotage 2009 www.kidnappercliffs.comSA Warwick Old Bush vine Pinotage 2009 www.warwickwine.com

Class 14 shiraZAUS Nick O’Leary Shiraz 2009 www.nickolearywines.com.auAUS Shaw + Smith Shiraz 2009 www.shawandsmith.comNZ villa Maria Reserve Syrah 2009 www.villamaria.co.nz

Class 15 CabErNET sauvigNONAUS Penfolds Cellar Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 www.penfolds.comAUS Plantagenet Cabernet Sauvignon 2010 www.plantagenetwines.comCHi Calyptra Zahir Limited Edition Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 www.calyptra.clSA Fleur du Cap Die Bergkelder Unfi ltered Special Blend Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 www.fl eurducap.co.za

Class 16 dEssErT WiNEAUS Brown Brothers Patricia Noble Riesling 2008 www.brownbrothers.com.auAUS Hollick The Nectar Rieling Chardonnay Semillon 2010 www.hollick.comCHi La Reserva de Caliboro Erasmo Late Harvest Torontel 2008 www.caliboro.comSA Nederburg Wines Private Bin Eminence Noble Late Harvest Muscadel 2008 www.nederburg.co.za



Jordan Vineyards, South Africa


Invited CompaniesargENTiNaAlpamanta Estate

Alta vistaAmalaya

AtamisqueBodega Del Desierto

CaelumCaro

Catena ZapataCavas Rosell Boher

ChacraColoméCruzat

Dante RobinoDel Fin del Mundo

DiamandesDomingo MolinaDominio Del Plata

Doña PaulaEtchart

Finca AnitaFinca Flichman

Finca QuaraFinca Sophenia

Graffi gnaJed Wines

KaikenLuigi Bosca

Navarro Correas DiAGONQN

O. FournierPassionate Wine S.A.

Pulenta EstateRiglos

Rosell Boher SalenteinSietefi ncasTrapezioTrapicheTrivento

Zorzal Wines

ausTraliaAllandale

Blue Pyrenees Estate Brokenwood

Brown BrothersBy Farr Caillard

Cape Mentelle Capital Wines

Chateau TanundaClonakilla Clover Hill

Coldstream Hills Credaro Family Estate

Crittenden Estate Cullen

Curly Flatd’ArenbergDeBortoli

Derwent EstateEldridge Estate

Erin Eyes Evans & Tate First CreekFox Creek

Fraser Gallop Estate

Freeman Freycinet

Frogmore Creek Fuddling Cup

Grosset Hay Shed Hill

Heathcote Estate Heemskerk

Heggies vineyardHenschke

Hoddles Creek Estate Hollick

Howard Park Jansz

Jim Barry WinesJohn Duval

Juniper CrossingKilikanoon

Larry CherubinoLeeuwin Estate Lillypilly Estate

LindemansMain Ridge Estate McHenry Hohnen

McWilliams Nick O’Leary

Paringa Estate Paulett Wines

Penfolds Penny’s HillPepper Tree Petaluma

Peter Lehmann Pikes

PlantagenetPressing Matters

QuealyRiposte by Tim Knappstein

S.C. PannellScorpo

Shaw + Smith SpinifexSt Hallett

Stefano Lubiana WinesTahbilk

TapanappaTeusnerThomas

Tim Adams Torbreck

Two Handsvasse Felix

vinea Marson voyager Estate William DownieWillow Creek Wolf Blass

Wynns Coonawarra EstateYalumba

YellowglenYering Station

Yeringberg

ChilEAgustinos

AltaïrAnakenaAquitaniaCalyptra

Carmen Y Santa RitaCasa MarínCasa Silva

Casas del BosqueChocalánCono Sur

De MartinoHereu

La Reserva de CaliboroLoma Larga

Miguel TorresMontes

Pérez CruzPolkura

Quebrada de MaculSanta EmaSanta RitaTamaya

valdiviesoventisqueroveramonteviA Winesvistamar

William Fevre

NEW ZEalaNdAkarua

Astrolabe Ata RangiAuntsfi eld

BabichBilancia

Black Barn C J Pask

Chard FarmChurch Road

Coal Pit Craggy rangeCrossroadsDog PointDog PointEsk valley

Forrest EstateFramingham

FrommGreystoneGreywackeJudge Rock

Kidnapper CliffsMan O’WarMargrain

Martinborough vineyardsMatarikiMills Reef Millton

Misha’s vineyardMission

Mount RileyMt Diffi culty

Mudbrick Muddy Water

MudhouseNautilusNeudorf

Newton ForrestNo. 1 Family

NZ Wine Cellars Obsidean

Pegasus BayPernod RicardRiverby Estate

Saint ClairSeifried Estate

SeresinSpy valleyTe Whau Terravin

TohuTrinity Hill

Tuparividal

villa Maria Woollaston

sOuTh aFriCaAnwilkaAtaraxia

Beaumont WinesBellingham

BoekenhoutskloofBouchard FinlaysonBuitenverwachting

Cape ChamonixCape Point vineyards Delaire Graff Estate

DiemersfonteinEagles NestFleur du CapGabriëlskloof Glen Carlou

Graham BeckHamilton Russell vineyards

HartenbergHaskell vineyards

HermanuspietersfonteinHillcrest Estate

Howard Booysen Boutique Winesidiom Wines

JordanKaapzicht

Klein ConstantiaKWv WinesLa MotteLomondMeerlust

Mulderbosch vineyardsMvemve Raats

Nederburg WinesNeethlingshofNeil Ellis Wines

Newton JohnsonOak valleyPaul Cluver

Perdeberg WineryPongracz

Quoin Rock Raats Family Wines

Rijk’s Private Cellar & EstateRustenberg WinesShannon vineyards

SijnnSpier Wines

Stark-Condé WinesSteenberg vineyards

StellenrustThe House of Krone

The Winery of Good HopeThelema Mountain vineyards

TokaraTopiary

vergelegenvilafontevilliera

Yonder Hill

Some companies entered more than one wine. PagE 41Five NAtiONS WiNe ChAlleNge 2011

FivE NATiONS WiNE CHALLENGE 2011iNviTEd COmPaNiEs

Gentle wines with a natural sense of place.

www.larrycherubino.com

Available at fine wine stores and restaurants around Australia,or direct from www.larrycherubino.com

Trade Enquiries: Edwina Egerton Warburton - [email protected]

Documents

2011 Five Nations Online eBook