Don't Just Take Our Word For It ....
"Wickedly youthful, Marsanne has the potential to age every bit as splendidly as Riesling or Semillon. Here's the proof. Bright yellow hues introduce aromas of beeswax, buttered toast, citrus, apricot and pear. The taste remains youthful and fresh with a developing texture – the middle palate is more rounded than the '17 – and is essentially complex. But it still has a way to go."
Jeni Port | www.winecompanion.com.au | August 2024
Reviews on release ...
“This bargain Aussie institution of the past 158 years represents the largest single planting of this variety in the world. The 2018 is as definitive as ever, loaded with nashi pear and lemongrass on a long, dry palate, structured with well-played phenolic grip.”
Tyson Stelzer | Wine Business Magazine
“This is a perennial favourite for immediate consumption and when allowed longevity: a trophy-winning certainty.
Tahbilk Marsanne needs no introduction in the realms of value and quality. Pinches of green papaya, honeysuckle, lime, and grapefruit citrus, fresh clover and jasmine blossom. Crisp and zesty: the honeysuckle and oxalis flower providing a sweet/bitter yin/yang balance of floral aspects before a fresh green pomme fruit finish. Frisky in youth, this will be a slow burn for the cellar.”
vinonotebook.com
“Intense estery combination of citrus based aromas and tightly wound palate that opens up to excellent varietal appeal. Very drinkable. Cellaring
potential.”
Winestate Magazine
"Tahbilk knows Marsanne like the back of its hand, having long established the varietal-site bond.
This is akin to a 1yo Semillon, but with a greater span of aromas and flavours. Honeysuckle and straw on the bouquet, then pear and Granny Smith flavours bound by a citrussy acidity."
James Halliday | Weekend Australian | www.winecompanion.com.au
