Honeypot of the Barossa Roussanne Awards

Vintage 2021

  • Melbourne International Wine Competition – Gold Medal, 95 Points

Vintage 2020

  • James Halliday Wine Companion – 93 Points
  • The Real Review, Stuart Knox – 90 Points
  • James Suckling – 91 Points
  • Ray Jordan 2020 – 91 Points
  • Regan Drew, The Chronicle – 92 Points
  • Sommelier Challenge International Wine Competition (USA) 2020 – Gold Medal, 90 Points
  • San Francisco International Wine Competition 2020 – Silver Medal

    Plenty of peach and honeysuckle here, as well as beeswax notes and light ripe tropical fruit. Good intensity all round with flavors of ripe melon, young peaches and pears. Chalky phenolic grip to close. Drink now. Screw cap.” James Suckling

Vintage 2019

  • San Francisco international Wine Competition 2019 – Gold Medal 93 Points
  • Woman Wine & Spirits Awards UK 2020 – Gold Medal
  • San Diego International Wine & Spirits Challenge 2020 – Gold Medal, 92 Points
  • Winemaker Challenge International Wine Competition (USA) 2020 – Silver Medal

Vintage 2018

  • San Francisco International Wine Competition – TROPHY Best White Rhône Varietal, Double Gold Medal 96 points
  • Winemaker Challenge International Wine Competition 2019 – Gold Medal, 92 Points
  • Sydney International Wine Competition 2019 – Blue Gold Award, Medium Bodied Dry White Wines Category
  • Royal Adelaide Wine Show 2018 – Gold Medal
  • James Halliday Wine Companion – 90 Points

“Stainless steel-fermented and early bottled. How on earth so much flavour has been captured I have no idea. Roussanne normally needs 5 or more years to come out of its neonatal slumber.” James Halliday

Vintage 2017

  • China Wine & Spirits Awards Best Value 2018 – Gold Medal
  • San Diego International Wine Challenge 2018 – Gold Medal
  • China Wine & Spirits Awards 2018 – Gold Medal
  • Vienna AWC International Wine Challenge 2018 – Silver Medal
  • James Suckling – 90 Points
  • James Halliday Australian Wine Companion – 87 Points
“A lean, crisp version of the variety, almost into tart territory, honeysuckle and spice notes helping to pretty it up. Needs a short rest in a cool, dark place.”

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