I was looking through the limited Sauvignon Blanc assortment at a smaller local liquor mart, and I came across a St Hallett Barossa 2007 that uses SB, semillon, and riesling grapes. So I decided to give it a try.
First, I wonder why an Australian winery would label a bottle of wine "Poacher's Blend". Kangaroo poachers? Dingoes ate my baby poachers?
The Barossa Valley is a major wine-producing region northeast of Adelaide in South Australia, which I didn't know until 30 seconds ago.
The wine itself: very light, about the lightest white wine I've ever drunk. I was thinking if I added some carbonation it would make a nice fizzy drink. No distinctive aroma to speak of.
Maybe I was imagining things, but it seemed like the glass I drank after it had been in the fridge for 3 days was sweeter than the first glass: because of oxidation maybe?
An interesting wine. I'm wondering how it would be in a sangria, if it could stand up to all the other flavors.
St Hallett Barossa 2007
Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 10:27 AM Posted by David