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Australia is a large country - Margaret River is further from the Hunter Valley than Jerez in Spain is from Tokaji in Hungary - so, despite the distinctive national approach to wine, Australian wines are not all the same. The wines of Margaret River and of the Hunter Valley differ as much as sherry and tokay do. The three most important wine-producing states are South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales. As well as bulk production, they each have specific premium wine regions.
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Central Victorian High Country
Principal Wine Styles
Sparkling
Considerable amounts of the chardonnay and pinot noir have been utilised in the making of sparkling wine by Domaine Chandon, Yellowglen and Southcorp, although no wines with either a Strathbogie or Victorian High Country appellation have been released. Nonetheless, the quantity was sufficient encouragement for Domaine Chandon to establish its own substantial vineyard near Violet Town in the Strathbogie Ranges in 1994, and further sparkling wine dedicated plantings by others are proposed.
Chardonnay
Clearly the foremost table wine of the region, with a long history under the now-discontinued Mount Helen label, and more recent success by Daiwa Nar-Darak (a Japanese-owned vineyard with contract winemaking which won the prestigious George Mackey Award for best wine exported from Australia in 1995 with its 1994 Chardonnay), Murrindindi and Plunkett. The wines have considerable weight and richness, while still showing flavours in the stone fruit/nectarine/citrus/melon spectrum, and are (relatively speaking) long-lived. Here, and with all the major varieties, Dominion Wines is certain to make a major impact in the years ahead.
Riesling and Gewurztraminer
Superbly fine, crisp and elegant wines are made from these two varieties by Delatite, wines that have an international reputation. Plunkett and Antcliffe's Chase make somewhat chunkier wines from riesling.
Sauvignon Blanc
Tangy, crisp herbal sauvignon blanc are produced by Delatite and Plunkett. They are seldom rich or particularly complex, but do show good varietal character.
Cabernet Merlot and Malbec
These are, generally speaking, more marginal propositions than the white varieties and wines. In the warmer vintages Delatite, Murrindindi and Plunkett all do well, occasionally spectacularly so when the eucalypt mint/green leaf characters are minimised.
by James Halliday
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