Lloyd Brothers Adelaide Hills Picpoul 2021
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Brother owners, David and Matthew Lloyd are 3rd gen. McLaren Vale vignerons. They have vines in both the Adelaide Hills and McLaren Vale, with the Vale plantings situated in the much lionized Seaview sub-district which consistently produces some of the McLaren Vale’s finest fruit.
Region
Adelaide Hills, SA
Lovely lighter take on pasta and scallops. Make the Angel Hair Pasta yourself to really own the dish... very nice!
Grilled fish is always fun with a good white. Why not dare yourself with this zesty dish and pair it with a great white? Pun very much intended...
Ingredients
4 pieces of Blue Eye, skin on, trimmed and boned (about 180g each) 4 Radishes quartered 4 Baby Leeks trimmed and cut into 4cm lengths 1 Baby Fennel finely sliced 500mL Vegetable Stock 450g Butter diced and chilled 200g Baby Spinach 3 tbs Butter 2 tbs Chopped Dill, Chives and Chervil Dill Sprigs, and micro Basil to garnish Salt and PepperMethod
Bring the stock to a simmer. Slowly whisk in the cold diced butter until incorporated. Place the Blue Eye pieces into the stock and gently simmer for about 8 minutes, or until cooked through. Meanwhile, blanch the vegetables until tender. Wilt the spinach in a pan with 1 tbs of butter, season and drain well. Place a 6cm ring on 4 warmed plates and press the spinach into the centre. Arrange the vegetables around the spinach and garnish with the herb sprigs. Remove the Blue Eye from the stock and drain well.
Considerably cooler than the surrounding plains, the hills are washed in rain during winter months, and the peaks wrapped in fog. It is considered a high rainfall region compared to other Australian regions, but outside of winter the climate is warm and dry. Night time temperatures are the feature - notably cooler than the day when the sun sets. Worth noting is how the average rainfall increases the higher you go, with Mount Lofty picking up 1400mm on the old splash-o-meter compared to 850mm just 10K down the road in Charleston. This range of moisture and altitudes results in a variety of soils, but in general are sand and clay loam over clay subsoils. A bit of shale and ironstone can be found, and the soil is acidic on average and rarely acidic.
The combination of climate and soil lends to superb cool-weather whites like Riesling (if you watch for mould), Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir and crisp Chardonnays. Merlot, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon can also be found, with the grapes maturing
