Bree Boskov, First Term Panellist 2020 Competition
“Deep brilliant gold hue. Aromas of toffee and passionfruit. Palate is sweet with fresh acidity and spicy pineapple syrup and candied peel notes. Fresh and balanced botrytis that leaves the palate cleansed. The richness of the wine is matched with sweetness of the dessert and the pancake helps to balance the sweetness on the palate and negate any bitter elements in the wine. A good match.”
Emma Jenkins, First Term Panellist 2020 Competition
“Mango and dried apricots, nice spice too, palate is a little dried out with phenolics/tannins on the finish, though there’s reasonable fruit weight and length. Ok with the food match, though the wine still looks a little grippy on the finish.”
Martin Williams, Fifth Term Panellist 2020 Competition
“Bright lemon-gold. Complex ripe citrus and honey aromas, intense Botrytis richness and complexity. Full-bodied, bright fruit flavours, hints of oak spice. Good length, clean acidity, fresh finish. With food: Very good combination, though the higher aromatic notes of the wine dominate the dish.”
Bryan Currie, Second Term Panellist 2020 Competition
“Dark golden yellow, dried apricots and honeyed nose, with a luscious apricot kernel and vanillin, intense sweetness overpowers the dish.”
Susan Bastian, Sixth Term Panellist 2020 Competition
“Golden orange. Intense dried apricots and apples and nuts. Rich dried fruits and hints of furniture polish. Quite luscious. The match makes the wine’s flavours linger even longer.”
Mike de Garis, Third Term Panellist 2020 Competition
“Slightly brassy. Almost older style mistelle like, toasty age, lanolin. Toast and barley sugar, lemon citrus, slight hot phenolics. Food: adds more weight and persistence, makes the wine appear ‘fuller’ in body, moreish.”
The Dessert (Unfortified) Wines were judged with
Presented by chef Marcell Kustos
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Banana filling:
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Warren Gibson, Second Term Chairman of Judges, Twelfth Term Panellist 2020 Competition
“Golden colour. Dried fruit, raisin. Very rich and concentrated. Long and lingering. Quite savoury with the sweet dish. Flavours finish a little short.”