Soumah Viognier 2013 (Yarra Valley, Vic)
14.1%, Screwcap, $26
While I still can’t drink (at least until next week), I can still stare longingly at a glass of wine after tasting. I didn’t stare too long at this Soumah, but if I was a Viognier-fancier (which I’m not. It’s a weed), then this would be worth a go.
According to the notes it’s a ‘peaches and cream’ Viognier, produced with the inclusion of HTK clone planted at 9000 vines per hectare.
It’s more pineapple rather than peaches initially, comfortably in Splice territory. The slick of oak and lees fullness on the palate only helps the Splice sensation, though thankfully no wooden stick in sight, and everything finishes with a warm – but not syrupy – richness to tie it all in.
A clever Viognier, that quite successfully ties in pine-lime fruit with just enough creamy richness to carry things along, this is recommendable at the very least.
Source: Sample
Tasted: July 2014
Drink: 2014-2015
Score: 17/20, 90/100
Would I buy it? Not quite. I’d probably enjoy the glass though.
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