STARGAZER TUPELO 2025 - white

Style: Spicy & BrightSamantha Connew obtained a postgraduate diploma of oenology and viticulture from Lincoln University, Canterbury, NZ, before moving to Australia. Here she undertook the advanced wine assessment course at the Australian Wine Research Institute in '00, was chosen as a scholar at the ’02 Len Evans Tutorial, won the George Mackey Award for the best wine exported from Australia in ’04 and was awarded International Red Winemaker of the Year at the International Wine Challenge, London in ’07. After a highly successful and lengthy position as chief winemaker at Wirra Wirra, Sam moved to Tasmania (via the Hunter Valley) to make the 1st wines for her own business, something she said she would never do. The emotive name (and label) is in part a tribute to Abel Tasman, the 1st European to sight Tasmania before proceeding to the South Island of NZ, navigating by the stars. JAMES HALLIDAYSam Connew's Tupelo is consistently one of my favourite wines in her vinous quiver. You see, it's a blend of pinot gris, riesling, gewürztraminer and pinot blanc and it's a case of the whole being more than the sum of its parts. It's slinky and textural, with characters of poached pear, wildflowers, honeysuckle, crushed stone, clover, iced peach tea, ozone and almond paste. It is complex and wildly easy to drink at the same time ... no mean feat and of course, being Taswegian, there is minerally energy to burn. It's a ripper. (95) DAVE BROOKES, Halliday Wine CompanionLight rose-gold colour; yeasty aromas at first sniff, then pot-pourri and a savoury, slightly earthy whiff, with a spicy note of ripe pinot gris emerging. The palate is full-ish and seriously structured, with a firm backbone of phenolics powering into a long and appetisingly dry finish. This will benefit from a few more months in the bottle, if you can wait for it. It has the structure to partner a wide range of foods. HUON HOOKE, The Real ReviewRegion: TASMANIAVariety: Pinot Gris blendABV: 13%Liquor Act 2007. It is against the law to sell or supply alcohol to, or to obtain alcohol on behalf of a person under the age of 18 years. Lic No. LIQP770016424 *We endeavour to ensure the correct vintage is displayed, however some variations may occur in store and for delivered bottles.