BEST OF THE WEST

Remember those great classic dry whites from WA in the "good old days?" Never fear, here we see the continuation of lovely sauvignon blancs and SBS blends for those that love the style. Not surprisingly, those at the forefront in this judging included the chardonnays, cabernet sauvignons and increasingly alternative red varietals and popular mid-weight shiraz wines. When you are on a good thing stick to it but also add some more options if you can!

121 TASTED

100 AWARDED

SPARKLING

1 TASTED

1 AWARDED

A very nice example of a blanc de blanc sparkling.

OTHER WHITE VARIETALS & BLENDS

4 TASTED

3 AWARDED

A mixed group of clean, well made, wines.

Flowstone Moonmilk Margaret River White Blend 2020 ★★★

Highly aromatic with a good intensity of floral flavours with a slight tropical note. $20

Run Free by Singlefile Great Southern Pinot Grigio 2020 ★★★

Very varietal nose; flinty and pear-like and tasting of sweet pear drops with crisp acid. $25

Nikola Estate Regional Swan Valley Chenin Blanc 2020 ★★★

Perfumed tropical aromas and nicely balanced stonefruit and tropical palate. $35

RIESLING

6 TASTED

3 AWARDED

A couple of excellent examples but overall, this group was a bit disappointing with some early development obvious but nice acidity to balance.

Lange Estate Providence Road Frankland River Riesling 2020 ★★★★★

A lovely vibrant lifted spicy citrus bouquet. Nicely textured palate, good line of upfront tropical-like fruit flavours. Sweetness balanced by crisp acid. $32

Trevelen Farm Estate Great Southern Riesling 2020 ★★★★

Aged brown lime-like aromas with a floral lift and nice varietal intensity to the slightly sweet palate. Good line of acid. $25

Trevelen Farm Katie's Kiss Great Southern Riesling 2019 ★★★★

Nose showing some toasty development with some residual sweetness on the floral citrus palate balanced by the acid. $18

SAUVIGNON BLANC

9 TASTED

7 AWARDED

A testament to the great sauvignon blancs of WA. “These showed great