Today's Winery Review: Millbrook Winery
A winery review for Millbrook Winery
Today, in the first in a series of winery and wine reviews, I am focusing on Millbrook Winery. (Although, I'm here to tell you that this will be a long running series of reviews... there are just plenty of great wines to review!!)
Millbrook Winery are a very well renowned boutique winery in Perth Hills, Western Australia. When I asked Millbrook Winery to send me a collection of their wine reviews, I was pleasantly surprised (although not too surprised given the quality of their wines!) by the sheer volume of what I received...
So, here is a collection of those wine reviews for you.
To set the feel for Millbrook Winery, we'll start by having a look at what Qantas has to say about their cellar door:
QANTAS - THE AUSTRALIAN WAY, FEBRUARY 2006
Restaurant Reviews
The Millbrook experience starts with a stroll from the car park towards the tasting room and restaurant where you begin to take in the tranquil ambience of the vineyards and orchards. It's a pretty good place for a vineyard and a winery, and certainly an excellent spot for a cellar door outlet and lunchtime restaurant. Dishes are focused and flavoursome without being unduly complicated... The Millbrook wines are very impressive - especially the Viognier and the Shiraz Viognier.
QANTAS MAGAZINE, MARCH 2005
It's hard to beat the setting at Millbrook: a striking building wrought from stone and jarrah overlooking water, surrounded by lawns, gardens, vineyard, orchards and state forest (complete with kangaroos on the adjacent hillside in the late afternoon). Brad Richards's food, too, is worth the one-hour trip from central Perth. The Millbrook wines are impressive, especially the Viognier and the Shiraz.
Here is a sample of wine reviews to wet your appetite. You'll really get a feel for just how good these wines are. I had a tough time shortening the review list into a manageable size... there are just so many good reviews for these wines.
Viognier
RAY JORDAN, THE WEST MAGAZINE, OCTOBER 2005
2004 Millbrook Viognier
Summer in a glass - This wine is starting to become something of a benchmark for the variety in WA. Lovely fresh orange blossom and musky characters with some citrus and honeysuckle complexity. The lush palate unctuousness is delicious.
WINESTATE, JULY/AUGUST 2005
2004 Millbrook Viognier
A big, ripe, alcoholic wine but it is still fresh and balanced. Excellent apricot lift to the nose. Intensely flavoured - long, warm and spicy.
AUSTRALIAN WINE SELECTOR, VINTAGE 2005
2004 Millbrook Viognier
Even though it is an unwooded wine, don't mistake it for a delicate, light bodied drink. It shows all the generosity of flavour and body we have come to love from Viognier. Heady honeysuckle, apricot and peach aromas combine with good mid-palate fullness and lingering alcohol warmness.
Shiraz Viognier
PETER FORRESTAL, THE SUNDAY TIMES, NOVEMBER 2005
STM Top 100 West Australian Wines
2003 Millbrook Shiraz Viognier 18.5/20 - Gold medal at the Perth Hills Wine Show from the region's top producer; an aromatic red with dense, vibrant, brambly, briary flavours, fleshy texture and fine, ripe tannins.
RAY JORDAN, THE WEST AUSTRALIAN, SEPTEMBER 2005
2003 Millbrook Shiraz Viognier (Gold Medal)Psst... secret's out on awards - The Shiraz class came up with a surprise with the Millbrook entry just pipping the Houghton Shiraz 2001. Perhaps not really a surprise but more the fact that the Millbrook Shiraz was a classic example of the merging modern style - well for Australia anyway - of Shiraz Viognier. I like the Millbrook because it tends to understate the Viognier and not let it dominate, as so many other examples of this style have tended to do.
Chardonnay
SCOOP MAGAZINE, SPRING EDITION 2005
2003 Barking Owl Chardonnay (Bronze 15.8)
Best in the West, the Whites - Smart blend of Geographe and Perth Hills fruit. Subtle aromas of baked apple and cashew nuts. Well balanced, medium-bodied wine show-casing a melange of honeyed, nutty lees character and hints of citrus.
Sauvignon Blanc
WINESTATE, JULY/AUGUST 2005
2004 Sauvignon Blanc
A great example of a Sauvignon Blanc style. Intense, pungent varietal aromas reminiscent of freshly mown lawn. Excellent herbal flavour intensity on the long, weighty palate.
SCOOP MAGAZINE, AUTUMN EDITION 2005
2004 Millbrook Sauvignon Blanc (Awarded: Bronze 15.5)
Balanced wine delivering penetrating, classic varietal flavours that remain so long in the mouth that it could be arrested for loitering.
You can get these wines at: www.boutiquewineries.com.au/winery/millbrookwinery
Today, in the first in a series of winery and wine reviews, I am focusing on Millbrook Winery. (Although, I'm here to tell you that this will be a long running series of reviews... there are just plenty of great wines to review!!)
Millbrook Winery are a very well renowned boutique winery in Perth Hills, Western Australia. When I asked Millbrook Winery to send me a collection of their wine reviews, I was pleasantly surprised (although not too surprised given the quality of their wines!) by the sheer volume of what I received...
So, here is a collection of those wine reviews for you.
To set the feel for Millbrook Winery, we'll start by having a look at what Qantas has to say about their cellar door:
QANTAS - THE AUSTRALIAN WAY, FEBRUARY 2006
Restaurant Reviews
The Millbrook experience starts with a stroll from the car park towards the tasting room and restaurant where you begin to take in the tranquil ambience of the vineyards and orchards. It's a pretty good place for a vineyard and a winery, and certainly an excellent spot for a cellar door outlet and lunchtime restaurant. Dishes are focused and flavoursome without being unduly complicated... The Millbrook wines are very impressive - especially the Viognier and the Shiraz Viognier.
QANTAS MAGAZINE, MARCH 2005
It's hard to beat the setting at Millbrook: a striking building wrought from stone and jarrah overlooking water, surrounded by lawns, gardens, vineyard, orchards and state forest (complete with kangaroos on the adjacent hillside in the late afternoon). Brad Richards's food, too, is worth the one-hour trip from central Perth. The Millbrook wines are impressive, especially the Viognier and the Shiraz.
Here is a sample of wine reviews to wet your appetite. You'll really get a feel for just how good these wines are. I had a tough time shortening the review list into a manageable size... there are just so many good reviews for these wines.
Viognier
RAY JORDAN, THE WEST MAGAZINE, OCTOBER 2005
2004 Millbrook Viognier
Summer in a glass - This wine is starting to become something of a benchmark for the variety in WA. Lovely fresh orange blossom and musky characters with some citrus and honeysuckle complexity. The lush palate unctuousness is delicious.
WINESTATE, JULY/AUGUST 2005
2004 Millbrook Viognier
A big, ripe, alcoholic wine but it is still fresh and balanced. Excellent apricot lift to the nose. Intensely flavoured - long, warm and spicy.
AUSTRALIAN WINE SELECTOR, VINTAGE 2005
2004 Millbrook Viognier
Even though it is an unwooded wine, don't mistake it for a delicate, light bodied drink. It shows all the generosity of flavour and body we have come to love from Viognier. Heady honeysuckle, apricot and peach aromas combine with good mid-palate fullness and lingering alcohol warmness.
Shiraz Viognier
PETER FORRESTAL, THE SUNDAY TIMES, NOVEMBER 2005
STM Top 100 West Australian Wines
2003 Millbrook Shiraz Viognier 18.5/20 - Gold medal at the Perth Hills Wine Show from the region's top producer; an aromatic red with dense, vibrant, brambly, briary flavours, fleshy texture and fine, ripe tannins.
RAY JORDAN, THE WEST AUSTRALIAN, SEPTEMBER 2005
2003 Millbrook Shiraz Viognier (Gold Medal)Psst... secret's out on awards - The Shiraz class came up with a surprise with the Millbrook entry just pipping the Houghton Shiraz 2001. Perhaps not really a surprise but more the fact that the Millbrook Shiraz was a classic example of the merging modern style - well for Australia anyway - of Shiraz Viognier. I like the Millbrook because it tends to understate the Viognier and not let it dominate, as so many other examples of this style have tended to do.
Chardonnay
SCOOP MAGAZINE, SPRING EDITION 2005
2003 Barking Owl Chardonnay (Bronze 15.8)
Best in the West, the Whites - Smart blend of Geographe and Perth Hills fruit. Subtle aromas of baked apple and cashew nuts. Well balanced, medium-bodied wine show-casing a melange of honeyed, nutty lees character and hints of citrus.
Sauvignon Blanc
WINESTATE, JULY/AUGUST 2005
2004 Sauvignon Blanc
A great example of a Sauvignon Blanc style. Intense, pungent varietal aromas reminiscent of freshly mown lawn. Excellent herbal flavour intensity on the long, weighty palate.
SCOOP MAGAZINE, AUTUMN EDITION 2005
2004 Millbrook Sauvignon Blanc (Awarded: Bronze 15.5)
Balanced wine delivering penetrating, classic varietal flavours that remain so long in the mouth that it could be arrested for loitering.
You can get these wines at: www.boutiquewineries.com.au/winery/millbrookwinery
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