White Wine Packs

Four wonderful whites, all of which are drinking well now – no further cellaring required. We lead off with the Curtis 94 point Riesling, which is textural and packed with fruit and a lick of sweetness - perfect with spicy Asian dishes. The Growers Gates are easy drinking, with great texture, and the Cape Jaffa is clean, crisp and tropical. Read more about the winedirect.com.au Wine Club here or contact us at wineclub@winedirect.com.au for more info. Learn More

Sometimes only a chilled glass of Sauvignon Blanc will do. So here are six exceptional examples for you to have a crack at, from WA, Coonawarra and the Adelaide Hills.

Picardy’s Sauv Blanc Sem (85% SB) is superb and age-worthy. Three distinct clones of Sauv Blanc are used along with two different yeast strains. On opening it seems soft and delicate, but as it airs, minerality, guava, lime, passionfruit and all manner of complexities emerge. Deep Wood's trophy-winning Margaret River SSB is also a cracker, as persistent as it is aromatic and laden with citrus and tropicals. The Chain of Ponds SB is crisp and offers a lovely mix of greenery and passionfruit.

The Riposte, made by the legendary Tim and Nick Knappstein, is textural, succulent and pungent; a joy to drink. Howard are major growers in the Adelaide Hills and supply substantial quantities of fruit to what are arguably the two best known producers of SB in the region. This, their own bottling, is of course excellent too. Finally, the Cape Jaffa SB is also lovely with tropical fruits, citrus and more at play.

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It's been a mighty long time since we've offered an alternative whites doz. No excuses; the last one sold really well, and this is overdue. This is a cracking alternative white pack, featuring two Vermentinos, one of which scored 97 points from Halliday, a Fiano and a Chenin, which Kim Brebach described as the best Aussie Chenin he's ever had. There's an awesome bonus too, in the form of First Creek's 96 point Murphy Sem. Two of these wines - the Halliday 96 and 97 pointers - were made by Liz Silkman, just crowned by James Halliday as his Winemaker of the Year! Learn More

We're very excited to be offering this 6 pack, replete with 3 bottles apiece of Jean Loron's exceptional White Burgundy, aka French Chardonnay, from a place that arguably does Chardy better than anywhere else on the planet. Also heading your way, should you choose to order, 3 bottles of Heirloom's magical 'Assens Fortalice' Adelaide Hills cuvée. Both are slap in the middle of their perfect drinking windows too, being from the 2019 and 2018 vintages. Burgundy expert Bill Nanson said of the Jean Loron in 2020 'this wine is about the future ... more complexity and vibrance to this aroma, more barrel, saline, concentrated and certainly mineral. The finish is subtle but very persistent. The oak is an ever-present but here’s a wine that’s rather complete – and having tasted older vintages I know that the oak fades into the background – you should give this wine at least 3 years in the cellar – or I would anyway. Excellent wine, with the potential for great. Tasted in 2020.' We can confirm, this wine is now cherry ripe for drinking now and over the next 5-8 years. The Heirloom bottling represents the finest Chardonnay they can produce in any given vintage - this edition sees struck match handing the baton to stonefruits, pancake batter and melon. As you sip, swirl and taste, the flavors deepen and increase in richness and depth. Already excellent, this will be exceptional in a few more years All in all, a cracking Chardy pack and a great opportunity to compare 2 exceptional wines. Learn More

We put out a high-end Chard pack a month or two back - clearly there's an appetite :-)

With that in mind, here's version two, pitting a superb French White Burgundy (Chardonnay) against one of the best Aussie Chardonnays produced today.

In the Green and Gold corner, Picardy Pemberton Chardonnay 2022

40 years ago, Bill Pannell, who pioneered the Margaret River wine region, building Moss Wood and earning their Cabernet worldwide acclaim, sold up and chased his burgeoning love of French Pinot and Chardonnay. On returning to Aus, he selected land in Pemberton, Western Australia and began the expensive, difficult and lengthy process of importing from Burgundy four of the very best clones of Chardonnay, a process which took about a decade.

He and his son Dan then pioneered the Pemberton wine region. They are just beginning to be acknowledged as being amongst the finest producers of Chardonnay (and Pinot) in Aus.

Picardy Chardonnay 2022

Intensity, power, elegance, and complexity. Spectacularly graceful and elegant Chardy made from Dijon clones 76, 95, 96 and 277. Stone fruits and lemon butter, chalkiness and with crystalline acidity. A wine with balance, precision and purity, with intense stone fruit carried forward by grapefruity acidity, which is softened by creaminess and complexed by super high-quality French oak and a slight phenolic grip.

In the baguette/snail/stinky cheese corner: Jean Loron Pouilly Fuisse 2019

The Jean Loron Pouilly Fuisse is a White Burgundy, AKA French Chardy, from the most highly-prized place on earth for its production, and it is a stunner. It's marginally less powerful than the Picardy at the moment, but given its age, slightly more complex.

Jean Loron Pouilly Fuisse 2019

Burgundy expert Bill Nanson said of the Jean Loron in 2020: 'this wine is about the future... more complexity and vibrance to this aroma, more barrel, saline, concentrated and certainly mineral. The finish is subtle but very persistent. The oak is ever-present but here’s a wine that’s rather complete – and having tasted older vintages I know that the oak fades into the background – you should give this wine at least three years in the cellar – or I would, anyway. Excellent wine, with the potential for great. Tasted in 2020.' We can confirm, this wine is now perfectly poised for drinking now and over the next five to eight years.

All in, there's $540 worth of Chardy here for just $360, and both are exceptional. Grab two of these six-packs and they'll come to you FREIGHT FREE.

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A tiny production, single vineyard Riesling from the Eden, textural and aromatic Sauv Blanc from legend Tim Knappstein, fragrant and creamy PG and a zesty Sauv Blanc from Chain of Ponds. These are all drinking beautifully now and will continue to do so over the next couple of years. The Riesling, a joy now, will spread its wings over the next decade, if you have the patience. Learn More

We’ve had more than a few requests for a Pinot Gris (or Pinot Grigio) six-pack, so here it is. Two bottles apiece of the exceptional Artis PG, packed with fruit and linear acid, plus Monterra's fruit-laden and linear beauty, rounded out with the absolutely magnificent Riposte PG, made by legends Tim and Nick Knappstein. Learn More

A ripping selection of whites in the August Platinum Wine Club selection. Smalltown's stone fruity and textural Chardonnay, Jeanneret's achingly pure Clare Riesling, Kilikanoon's world-class, deeply fruited Clare Riesling and Hastwell's subtle and saline Vermentino. All wonderful.

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A wonderfully flavoursome mix of whites, ready to go right now. Hastwell's Vermentino is crisp and saline, a perfect wine to pair with seafood. The Lloyd Brothers Rosé, a lovely Sunday arvo sipper. Atze's Vermentino is textural and lush - a powerful wine with plenty of presence. And finally, the Smalltown Chardy is all tropical fruits and texture.

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A Chardonnay, how we love thee! 6 cracking examples here from all over the place, including the Adelaide Hills, Limestone Coast, the Hunter and the Coonawarra. Spearheaded by Heirloom's 2018 reserve, worth $60 a bottle and Sidewood's 96 Halliday pointed and 6 gold medal winning stunner. All up $212 worth of delicious Chardy for just $140. Learn More

We like to think of this as a South Australian Riesling sampler pack... once you find your favourites, hit us up for mates rates. Included is the 95 point pristine old vine Dandelion Riesling from the Eden Valley; a 95 point Riesling from Riesling masters Kilikanoon; Lone Palm's 95 pointer, Gomersal's Gold winner, Miss Zilm's magical 95-pointer and more. These are all terrific! Learn More

So much goodness here in what is our most premium white pack in ages. It includes two First Creek Semillons, both of which picked up 96 points from Halliday, placing them equal fifth in a field of 180 tasted so far. Then there's a 96 point White Burgundy (aka Chardonnay) from Jean Loron which retails for $120 a bottle. Grant Burge's Savvy Blanc, which picked up the best SB trophy at the Adelaide Show. Plus Jeanneret's $40 a bottle, 96 point Watervale Riesling and Dowie Doole's exceptional, old vine Chenin Blanc. A bit more detail on this one, cos Chenin is not as well known as Rizza, Sem and Chardy. As Kim Brebach wrote when reviewing this wine, 'The best Aussie Chenin Blanc I’ve tasted, by a mile. The wine was matured in French oak, with some lees stirring I suspect. That has added complexity without suppressing the vibrant fruit ... Crunch and real backbone, and will improve with age, even, like those wines from Vouvray on the lower Loire in France. Unheard of. Brilliant.' Learn More