2008 Miles from Nowhere Chardonnay
Friday, September 11, 2009 at 12:21PM It didn't take long for Franklin Tate to find his way back into the wine industry after the collapse of his former family company, Evans & Tate. Now he has a wholesales business, Grape Expectations, with some terrific wines in Quaff 2010 mainly from overseas. There is also this new label sourced from his family vineyard in Wilyabrup. The wines are made by former Evans & Tate winemaker Brian Fletcher.
This is extraordinary value: a classy Margaret River white from a very good vintage at a bargain-basement price for a wine from the region. It has exhuberant flavours of passionfruit, peach and guava, is vibrant, deep long, with a crisp, lively finish that lingers. In 2009, it's my top rated Aussie chardonnay for less than $15.
Rating: Bloody Good
Cost: $ 14.95
Winemaker: Brian Fletcher
Limited availability. www.milesfromnowhere.com.au
It should be widely available in Western Australia and is available on line.
EASTERN STATES: Please contact Sean Bell on 0417 962 808
STOCKISTS:
Ultimo Wine Centre, Sydney – (02) 9211 2380
Beach Road Hotel, Bondi – (02) 9130 7247
Divino, Camberwell – (03) 9889 6988
Burwood Cellars, Camberwell – (03) 9889 4643
Donburn Cellars, Blackburn – (03) 9841 6888
Reviewed: 11 September 2009
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