2015 Sigurd White Barossa Valley Blend

The 2015 Sigurd White Barossa Valley Blend by young winemaker Daniel Graham is a combination of Gewürztraminer (Springton), Marsanne (Lyndoch) and Gargenega or Soave (Mt Crawford). The mixture is well judged and finely balanced, which is proving to be a characteristic of Graham's wines (His Sigurd GSM is a fine, smooth wine). Wild fermented, and unfiltered/unfined, it's the most extraordinary colour: think medieval mead and, if you can hallucinate, you might think of pink. Further, you might think of a white-pink gold. The perfume is of toffee, jube, honey, maybe some caramel or even liquorice. And on the palate it's Scheherazade telling stories, not overnight but on a summer afternoon, with the smell of salt water from the Persian Gulf or Caspian Sea. This is an extraordinary wine, something of a revelation that is entirely about pleasure. Think of silken sherbet, gold brocade, white curtains shifting in the breeze, and you have the idea.