Olivers Taranga Vermentino 2024 6 Pack

92 POINTS

Shanteh Wale - Winepilot

Full of sea spray, lemon juice highlighter and sandy shores. This is transportive of summer days and the lightness of being. There is an effort made to capture salinity but with textural intention are the fore too. Some almond skin bitterness mid palate and pomelo pith. Invigorating and with the Mclaren Vale seaside lifestyle very present. Drink with fried school prawns and garlic aioli on newspaper.

92 POINTS

Marcus Ellis - Halliday Wine Companion

From 2009 plantings, this was pressed to tank to ferment with native yeasts; all the pressings were included, and it was bottled unfined. Super fresh and crisp, with notes of red apple skin, nashi, preserved lemon and peach fuzz, this is made for summer drinking and matching to white-fleshed fish, calamari, clams, parsley, lemon and the like … And what a stellar job it does at that, with a briny tang and green almond note on the palate supporting and adding standalone interest.

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Cassandra Charlick - Winepilot

Small Batch number 17866. Like an early morning dive into the ocean, the nose is a refreshing dip into lime blossom, briny ocean spray, crushed limestone, a little beeswax and some evocative honeysuckle sweetness. The palate doesn’t disappoint, with plenty of fruit weight, layered phenolics, crisp stone fruit notes and zippy fresh acid skirting over the tongue. This is everything you’d hope a glass of Aussie Vermentino to be. Fresh, textural, fun, and with some fab length too. Take another sip.

90 POINTS

Campbell Mattinson - The Wine Front

Yes it’s fruity and joyous and more or less just fun in a glass, but there’s a subtle lemongrass character here and a touch of sea-spray and in combination with apple, lime and passionfruit flavours … well, it just works. There’s a good slip of texture too. This will please a lot of people.