One-off 'exclusive' NZ Release and Tasting - Thistledown Wines
When
Thursday, 11 July 2024
6.30pm - 8.30pm
Cost
$30.00
(13 tickets available)
Join Fine Wine Delivery’s Jeff Poole & Steve Bennett, Master of Wine, for a one-off 'exclusive' NZ Release and tasting. Experience the sensational Old Vine site and Handcrafted wines of Australia’s cult Thistledown Winery by Giles Cooke MW & Fergal Tynan MW.
Taste your way through 4 magnificent flights...
Flight One - Mesmerising Aussie Whites
- Cloud Cuckoo Land Fiano Zibibbo 2023 (92/100 + Special Value Award Halliday Wine Companion)
- Walking with Kings Roussanne Grenache 2022 (95/100 Halliday Wine Companion)
- Cloud Cuckoo Nero d’Avola Montepulciano Aglianico 2022 (90/100 Halliday Wine Companion)
Flight Two - Grenache Indent
- Thorny Devil McLaren Vale Grenache 2023 (93/100 James Suckling)
- The Vagabond Blewitt Springs Grenache 2022 (95/100 The Wine Front)
- She's Electric Single Vineyard Seaview Grenache 2023 (95/100 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate)
Flight Three - Shiraz
- Old Vine Small Batch Handmade Shiraz 2022 (91/100 Wine Enthusiast)
- The Cunning Plan McLaren Vale Shiraz 2022 (Double Trophy Winner at McLaren Vale Wine Show 2023)
- The Quickening Barossa Shiraz 2021 (95/100 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate)
Grand Finale - Crème de la Crème
- Fool on the Hill Eden Valley Barossa Grenache 2022 (96/100 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate)
- Distant Light Barossa Shiraz Grenache 2020 (97/100 Vinous)
- Bachelor's Block Single Site Ebenezer Shiraz 2021(95/100 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate)
James Suckling's ‘TOP 100 WINES OF AUSTRALIA 2023’
“They rival the very finest in the world.”
‘Top 5 Red Star’ Winery Halliday Wine Companion 2024
“A winery with a long track record of excellence - truly the best of the best. An assemblage of talent, superb old-vine sites, and remarkable wines.”
Matthew Jukes ‘Best Australian Wines’
‘Winemaker Giles Cooke MW is somewhat of a folk hero these days. Thistledown wines have appeared in every one of the last five Best Reports, and they are universally loved by all who taste them.’
Top 100 Wineries of Australia 2024 by The Real Review
Come and join me for this fabulous tasting, Jeff
