95 Points – Wine Companion Magazine, Dec 2011/Jan 2012
Vivid bright quartz-green; the bouquet is fresh and spotlessly clean, but as at August ’11 it was the palate that captured command, with sparkling lemon/grass/citrus ex the semillon, and perfectly integrated pink grapefruit and passionfruit ex the sauvignon.
94 Points - Top 100 Wines, The Advertiser/taste.com.au
Clare’s riesling king has a sophisticated touch here, too; combining Clare Semillon with Hills sauvignon into a vivacious beauty exuding delicate floral aromas, a fresh bitey apple flavour with fine, more-ish acidity, deep-set energy and just a subtle hint of sauvignon to thrill. Delightful.
94 points - Wine 100 WBM Magazine October 2011
Consummate Grosset precision makes for a cool, calm and seamless style in the midst of a tumultuous vintage. Gentle apple and pear fruits glide through a finely texture palate
92 points – Good Wine Guide 2012
The tried and tested recipe for an engaging, young, dry white is working well again here. It carries fine lemon and lime on the nose, some peach and nectarine, mango, passionfruit and sweet floral perfume. The palate’s crisp and punch; more of the same stone fruits and tropicals mix it up here, and there’s handy flesh right through the finish; a burst of citrus to close.
Cellar Door, SA Weekend Magazine, The Advertiser, Adelaide 24 September 2011
…a wine with vivacity and stunning beauty like Jeffrey Grosset’s Clare and Adelaide Hills white blend exudes class with its bitey apple flavours, fine, more-ish acidity, deep-set energy with just a subtle hint of sauvignon to thrill. Delightful.
The Wine Detective, 21 September 2011 ”Exceptionally precise and intense in 2011, this perfumed, pretty floral Semillon/ Sauvignon blend has great fresh cut green apple bite. Crisp but but insinuating, it’s fine and long. Impressive.”
Uncorked The Age 30 August 2011
Grosset’s white wines have exquisite varietal purity with that something extra denoting high quality. Riesling is the star but this Clare Semillon – Adelaide Hills sauvignon is in the same league. Lemon, tropical fruit and gentle leesy notes lead through a lip-smacking wine of delicious intensity and lingering persistence.
www.winefront.com.au Friday, August 19 2011 93 Points
It’s multi-varietal and multi-regional (70% semillon from the Clare Valley, 30% sauvignon blanc from the Adelaide Hills) and it’s invariably excellent. This release has a calmness to it. It has good
pulpy intensity – passionfruit, nectarine, lemongrass and bath salts – and great purity, the flavours both crunchy and on clear display. It will be a better drink from the start of 2012 onwards, but it’s thoroughly enjoyable now –in its absolute infancy. There’s a flintiness to the finish and a noticeable lack of alcohol oomph as you swallow – a large part of why this wine has a calmness to it. It’s a confident wine, and that’s always an attractive thing. Drink: 2012 – 2015.