Gemstone 2014 Chardonnay - South Australia
Clean Wine Credentials?
100% organic sourced from South Australian Vineyards
The facts?
Tasted January 2015
13.5% Alcohol
RRP around $15.00 bottle shop price
The colour?
Pale straw
The nose?
I’m getting pear, lemon and grapefruit coming through with a touch of green melon
The palate?
There’s a freshness and purity in the organic/biodynamic wines I am tasting and this wine is no exception. This chardonnay has lovely full fruit flavours on the palate. It’s made for drinking and not too much thinking. It’s what Mr FYNG would call ‘a fun drop!’.
10% of the wine was fermented in oak barrels which gives the wine some nice body and palate weight.
Gemtree Wines say “We strive to make wines that put enjoyment before understanding”. Hallelujah and take that! anyone who dares to criticise this wine for being too simple!
The food?
Garlic prawns in a lemony creamy sauce. But really, just about anything!
Will it age?
This wine wasn’t made to age and won’t get much better than it is now. Just drink it!
About the Winemaker.
Gemtree Wines are a family run McLaren Vale winemaker who practice sustainability in every sense. Even the labels on their bottles are uncoated paper created from natural fibre-based pulp derived from sugar cane waste. Gemtree wines is a certified organic wine producer and their sustainable cellar door was completed in April 2013.
www.facebook.com/gemtreevineyards
Stockists:
(Be sure to let me know if you find any other stockists or alterations to this list - please email me ros@findyournaturalgroove.com. And don’t be shy to ask your local to get some in for you!)
NSW -
Australian Wine Centre - Sydney
Bests Cellars - Darlinghusrt
Elizabeth Bay Cellars - Elizabeth Bay
Ballina Disount Liquor - Ballina
New Brighton Liquor Loft - New Brighton
Yamba Liquor Supplies - Yamba
Tweed Heights Cellars - Banora Point
QLD -
Purple Palate - Maleny
Pineapple Hotel - Kangaroo Point
Craft Wine Store - Red Hill
ACT -
Curtin Cellars - Curtin
VIC -
Vino Central - Ivanhoe (Cellars and Wine Bar)
Let me know what you think of this wine. And let me know if you want me to review any other specific “CleanWines”. I have lots more planned but happy to be guided by you.
Love Ros