I know that I promised to avoid extravagant descriptions, but there are some senses behind this question.
The wine has texture that you can feel in your mouth, rather as the experience of your hands while caressing a fabric.
And a classic example is Pinot Noir. There is a syntity to the best examples, a feeling that the best gauze is floating there. Burgoña is the obvious source, but Pinot Noir wines of other places can sacrifice that same feeling.
And, wow, wines are so impressions. Not in an open and aggressive way: they are wines of elegance and pure style, rape fashions.
They also carry that child of price: there are rarely many changes of £ 40 per bottle. The wine has triggered the price lately, due to many of the same factors that are behind the increase of the sea in other products, but with the stupid rules (and inefficient prosecutors) that now change special taxes in each content.
So, when today it is difficult to buy a decent and interesting daily wine to much less than £ 10, paying four or five times that for something very special it is far from being scandalous. Just look how Burgundy Top costs.
Why are these wines so good? The place is important. The Mornington Peninsula is the only true region of the maritime wine of Australia, with a rich tapestry of Terroir, “uphill and downstairs”, as described by the producers, a mixture of old soils, varied topography and a complexity of marine breeze.
Add low yields (quite low for commercial comfort in the last five years, as a result of broader climatic fluctuations), in addition to the commitment of the producers to allow their wines to express their location with a minimum interference in the basement, and the level of quality does.
The modern recognition of the Peninsula as a location for good wine has just half a century old, and there is recognition that the best sites may not discover it. But these more passionate producers of them small and familiar operations will find them, and all fine wines lovers will be grateful.
The taste of wines shows both similarities (glorious aromas, purity, elegance) and the subtle differences of individual vinification practice.
I loved the six Wine Australia provided: from Cradenden, selected wines, Kooyong Estate, Ocean Eight, Paringa Estate and minutes per tractor.
There are also other producers, and the region sacrifices a consistency that induces trust. Go to Wine-searcher.com to find independent merchants who sell these wines and think about how special it could be for a celebration with family or friends with wine.
Less credit card challenge recommendations now.
A reliable, easy and out of dry introduction is the New Zealand classic Villa Maria Bin Private (£ 11- £ 12, Waitrose, Ocado), there is more complexity and elegance in Schienekopf dry from Take a bath (£ 14- £ 16, Stonevine.co.uk, Islingtonwine.co.uk), and a refreshing combination of the old and the new enters Eroic (£ 21.30, vinvm.co.uk), by Chateau Ste Michelle in the state of Washington with a German Raming participation or teacher Dr. Loosen.
To Spain to Spain for two 100% unusual, pure and delicious garnachas, both of high vineyards.
Torres is an associated name with Spain than in South America, but the family and ecological business has an excellent operation in Chile with a new sustainability initiative, The green road.
Good, drink, drinks, Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Sauvignon (£ 10, waitrosis) are bottled in the United Kingdom, with great savings in transport emissions.
Not so for HJ Fabre Patagonia Malbec barrel selection (£ 16, Laithwaites.co.uk), but like Spanish garnachas, this is another lighter and most elegant example of a more powerful and clumsy wine: a serious pleasure.
