A Victoria Mixed Case

Innocent Bystander Syrah – The nose sees a complex blend of five spice, orange zest, juniper, ripe cherries, red summer berries and dark chocolate. Firm bright tannins dominate the palate with a brooding texture. Wild blackberries and raspberries lead into the long savoury finish.

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Innocent Bystander Syrah

Are You Game Chardonnay

Are You Game Pinot Noir from Fowles Wine is a great example of a wine made to complement good food.

The Fowles Wine vineyards and winery are located in the dramatic granite landscape of Strathbogie Ranges region of Victoria, Australia.
Fowles Wine crafts some of Australia’s finest cool climate wines, winning many of Australia’s most prestigious wine medals and trophies.
The Fowles Wine team is energetic and enterprising, continuing to break new ground by proudly taking the Strathbogie Ranges ‘message in a bottle’ to the world with some of Australia’s most exciting wines.

We love to source our food from the wild or grow it at home. Nothing beats the taste of food and wine as nature intended it – real: pure, slow grown and full of flavour. So like us, why not keep it real and go wild with food and wine matching…

Vintage 2017 was an extremely late and cold year. This was of particular benefit to Pinot! The cool conditions allowed nice delicate strawberry fruit characters to develop at relatively low sugar levels. Despite the late vintage and cooler temperatures, we experienced unusually fast malolactic fermentations which has resulted in these lighter style 2017 reds. They are bottle ready much earlier than usual. This wine is a lovely vibrant fresh varietal Pinot Noir, with additional complexity and texture from the Sangiovese.

With a dash of Sangiovese this Pinor Noir blushes bright ruby red. Aromas of cherry and red plum play with earthy characters and notes of oak. The palate is fresh with rich red fruits. We blended a very small component of Sangiovese (3%) from our Upton Run Vineyard into the wine. The Sangiovese contributes more intense red fruit aromas and a lovely texture which increases its ability to match beautifully with game food.

Eat Are You Game Pinot Noir with wild rabbit and mushroom ragout on toasted brioche.

To get more information on the winery go to https://www.fowleswine.com/

You can see our full range of Fowles wine at https://www.auswinesonline.co.uk/product-category/fowles-wine/

Soldiers Block Malbec – classically textured, violet in hue with an exotically perfumed nose.

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Innocent Bystander Pinot Gris – Lemon peel, preserved ginger, cardamon and coriander perfumes combine with freshly cut white pears and pear skin. The aromas are crisp like freshly grated lemon. On the lively palate, honeydew melons and fresh pear have a melting acidity that lingers like homemade lemonade.

Pinot Gris is everyone’s mate. This cheeky, citrus-driven French style white is refreshing, easy going and lingers just long enough. Not too fresh, not too oaky. The Goldilocks of the whites.
Region: Yarra and King Valleys
Alc/Vol: 14%
Smells like: Fresh cut pears, snow peas shoots and lemon thyme
Tastes like: Lime flowers and miso. Crisp, bone dry and moreish with twangy lemon sorbet finish
Goes with: Beer battered whiting with chips and tartare, fresh oysters, goats cheese and char grilled vegies. Sunshine, but also rain, hail and snow (basically anytime, all the time)

A great growing summer in the upper King Valley, gave us a delicious spike in mineral citrus.
100% hand-picked Yarra & King Valley fruit
Harvested Feb-April 2017
Combination of whole bunch pressed and destemmed to press
85% stainless steel cold fermentation to hold onto that freshness
15% matured in French oak for that lush mouth feel
Barrels lees stirred for three months
Vegan Friendly
Cellar up to three years, but why wait?

Reviews:
94 points – Peter Chapman, News Corp
“This Victorian winery is continuing to grow in popularity and with wines such as this it’s easy to understand why. Pinot gris is becoming a popular drop for many and this is a classy one to savour.”

90 points – Ray Jordan, The West Australian
“I like this style of gris. It retains a freshness and lively palate feel and doesn’t fall into that overdone heavy category that can sometimes mar this variety. Comes from the King and Yarra valleys. Nice melon and pear characters with a typical spicy lift. A little dab of French oak and lees stirring has brought the palate to life

See our range of Innocent Bystander wines at https://www.auswinesonline.co.uk/product-category/innocent-bystander/

For more information on the winery go to https://www.innocentbystander.com.au/

Little Yering Chardonnay

Pale Straw in colour with a pure and complex nose of flinty, minerally characters as well as citrus with some almond and spicy complexity. The palate is clean and fresh with well-integrated oak characters. Like the nose, the palate is quite minerally and shows great poise.

Great intensity on the nose with mineral notes, white nectarine and citrus flavours along with a creamy, nutty complexity. Medium weight with clean citrus fruit supported by well integrated French oak and balanced acidity.

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Little Yering Chardonnay – a great wine from a brilliant winery