2021 Anderson and Marsh Parell Albarino
2021 Anderson and Marsh Parell Albarino

2021 Anderson and Marsh Parell Albarino

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Anderson and Marsh |Alpine Valleys |Albarino
Cracking release of Albarino from the Billy Button/Mayford collaboration - only a small amount made.
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$35.00
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Description

Both Eleana Anderson from Mayford and Jo Marsh from Billy Button have an affinity with Tempranillo.

The two friends have both helped put the Alpine Valleys on the map as an Australian home for the variety. When the two had a chance to work on the white Spanish variety, Albarino, the pair jumped at it.

It's made very simply, half of the fruit was fermented in stainless, the other half was aged in barrel on lees for six months before being bottled.

Two friends, one variety. It has turned out a treat.

Punchy, minerally and aromatic, this delicious white varietal from Galicia in Spain’s cool northwest (or perhaps across the border in the northeast of Portugal where is is known as Alvarinho), offers up beautiful citrus blossom, honey suckle and flintstone characters with mouth-watering texture and freshening limey acidity.

Hand-picked and whole bunch pressed, the juice was separated into two parcels at pressing. The first, free-run juice was sulphured up to retain the bright fruit flavours, cold settled using enzyme then cool fermented in stainless steel with a selected yeast strain. Following this, the light pressings were filled directly to an old puncheon that was allowed to undergo ferment with wild yeast on full grape solids. At the completion of ferment, the puncheon was topped, both parcels were sulphured to prevent malolactic fermentation and matured on lees without stirring for 6 months. The parcels were then blended, stabilised and filtered prior to bottling. 100 dozen were produced.

94 Points - "t’s a fine wine from every angle. The chalkiness of the texture, the inlay of florals, the combination of intensity and length, not to mention the all-round style. It’s generally fruit-driven but then I’d also call it savoury, and complex. It’s driven by citrus, has a keen tonic/botanicals side, goes into grapefruit pulp and exits with a sure textural kick. The aftertaste introduces honeysuckle, perhaps even fennel, and steel. It’s a champion wine." - Campbell Mattinson (The Wine Front)

95 Points - "With each release, these 2 talented winemakers work hard to unravel the Spanish grape's great mystery, not to mention suitability to our soils. They come mighty close in 2021, delivering a complex and aromatic wine of some beauty. Honeysuckle, lemon, pithy grapefruit, honeydew melon and touch of preserved lemon savouriness join a fleshy, mealy texture and spiced palate. Utterly attention grabbing, not to mention, delicious." - Jeni Port (Halliday Wine Companion)

Anderson and Marsh

Jo Marsh and Eleana Anderson are two of the Alpine Valleys' most respected vignerons in their own right.

The two producers have two distinctly different ways of showcasing their region under their own labels. Eleana through the lens of a single estate, Mayford, where she produces powerful, cellar-worthy examples of Tempranillo, Shiraz, Chardonnay and Cabernet. Jo goes another route, exploring the vast tapestry of eclectic growers across the region under the banner of Billy Button.

The two have been great friends and collaborators for years. Under Anderson & Marsh, they combine their formidable skills to craft a small, curated range of wines which meld their two personal styles. Anderson & Marsh was named the 2024 Halliday Wine Companion Dark Horse Winery of the Year.

Jo Marsh and Eleana Anderson Anderson and Marsh

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