Mitolo Jester McLaren Vale Vermentino 2023 6 Pack

Jeni Port - Winepilot

Plenty of drive here, capitalising on the Italian grape variety’s naturally high level of acidity. Brings quince, lime, lemon, green apple, green pear together against a background of delicate apple blossom florals. Flavours sprint to a long, steely, succulent finish, revealing some nice developing textural qualities along the way across the middle palate. Plenty of acid sizzle with a touch of the grape’s noted phenolic bitter grip on display. One to be enjoyed with food.

Ned Goodwin - JamesSuckling.com

A brisk, lighter weighted wine with pungent, herbaceous aromatics flecked with guava, pistachio and nashi pear. The acidity, mercifully saline and maritime, negating any sense of excessive sweet fruit. This said, I'd love to see this more herbal, savory and refined. Commercial decision, I suppose. A sophisticated alternative for the New World sauvignon drinker.

Marcus Ellis - Halliday Wine Companion

This fulfils the brief for those wanting a crisp Italianate white built for summer days and seafood Ð oysters, spaghetti vongole, flash-fried calamari with rocket and the like. Tart apple, lemon pith and soft herbs feature on a tightly aromatic nose, with saline notes and a savoury almond character closing out on the refreshingly lightweight and gently pithy palate.