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- 2023 Vignerons Schmolzer & Brown Thorley Riesling
- 2023 Vignerons Schmolzer & Brown Thorley Chardonnay
- 2023 Vignerons Schmolzer & Brown Brunnen Pinot Noir
- 2022 Vignerons Schmolzer & Brown Thorley Nebbiolo
- 2022 Vignerons Schmolzer & Brown Thorley Syrah
2023 Vignerons Schmolzer & Brown Thorley Riesling
The Thorley Riesling is grown by Tessa & Jeremy at VS&B high up on their small vineyard in Stanley outside Beechworth. It's frightfully cold up there on the property, perfect conditions for growing fine-boned, delicate Rieslings.
Jeremy has spent a vintage at the great Keller Wines in the Rheinhessen, and Tessa is obsessed with the variety - it's fair to say they know their way Riesling. With this wine, made from their own home-grown fruit, no stone is left unturned getting this to its full potential.
In contrast to their King Valley Rieslings, this is close to bone dry. A little time in old oak fills out the texture and will allow for excellent ageing potential. It's a gorgeous wine made in very small quantities.
96 points
"Achingly beautiful! After a "limit-testingly cold" '22 vintage, Thorley is back big time in '23 and hitting some gorgeous high notes. Riesling lovers, especially, are in for a real treat... it is undoubtedly a wine of poise and lasting beauty."
- Jeni Port (Halliday Wine Companion)
2023 Vignerons Schmolzer & Brown Thorley Chardonnay
Beechworth and Chardonnay are synonymous now, thanks to the great vineyards of the region (Giaconda, Sorrenberg, Domenica et al) and here's a new name to enter that class.
Thorley is a pint-sized property planted by husband and wife, Jeremy Schmolzer and Tessa Brown. It's a much higher altitude site than those names previously mention and so produces a finer, more detailed expression of Chardonnay, that's not without the classic Beechworth power.
It's long and fine, beautifully balanced and if the track record of their Brunnen Chardonnay (from the vineyard across the road) is anything to go by, it should cellar beautifully too.
96 points
"What a great drink. A Chardonnay with a soul... very refreshing, yet gentle in its form, acidity, and just a sprinkle of salt, giving this wine that minerally feel you long for. Summa summarum, the picture is crystal clear—it’s a delicious wine with class and character."
- Kasia Sobiesiak (The Wine Front)
2023 Vignerons Schmolzer & Brown Brunnen Pinot Noir
The Brunnen vineyard is set amongst spectacular Australian bushland high on the hill behind Beechworth. Its high altitude and rugged soils make a perfect setting for high-class Burgundian varieties, like this Pinot Noir.
This is a gorgeous, thought-provoking style of Pinot that has gotten better and better each season Tessa and Jeremy have been tending to this fruit. It has remarkable fruit purity, accents of earth, herbs and spice, and an elegance to it that is often missing in Beechworth Pinot Noir.
This is one of the finest examples of Pinot Noir to be found from the region and highly worth investigating for lovers of quality Pinot.
94 points
"Fine tannins, fine detail. It paints a picture. Moody Pinot. Charming."
- Kasia Sobiesiak (The Wine Front)
2022 Vignerons Schmolzer & Brown Thorley Nebbiolo
After years of patient watching and waiting, the Nebbiolo vines from Tessa and Jeremy's Thorley vineyard has finally been captured in a bottle, and boy what a result we have here.
Nebbiolo in Australia has at times struggled to find an identity, but the high hills surrounding Beechworth, a region better known for quality Nebbiolo in Australia than almost any other, possibly could be this grape's ideal home away from home.
Such is the VS&B signature, this is fine-tuned, elegant, and full of detail. It carries a freshness and vitality unseen in most Australian Nebbiolo, without sacrificing any varietal and regional character. It's such a beautiful drink.
95 points
"Burrow the nose in the perfume and you’ll find yourself in a delicious world of alpine Nebbiolo... The tannin and acidity have such tension upfront that the flavour really opens up only in the back end. Impressive and utterly tasty."
- Kasia Sobiesiak (The Wine Front)
2022 Vignerons Schmolzer & Brown Thorley Syrah
If you love elegant, detailed, perfumed, Northern Rhone-inspired Syrah/Shiraz, then look no further.
Tessa and Jeremy's site, their "first child", is the Thorley vineyard. It sits high in the back hills of Beechworth near the township of Stanley, with the vines all lovingly planted by friends and family. It's the highest altitude site in the region, and during winter, snow is not uncommon.
This is a true cool-climate Syrah - dark-fruited, uber-perfumed and spicy, with detail and freshness. Northern Rhone meets Beechworth, meets yum-town!
96 points
"So good on so many levels. Delights the senses with its vision of a fragrant, elegant, spice-laced syrah showcasing the beauty of a leading cool-climate region. Complex in toasted spices, pepper, red cherry, plum, and briar running long across a smoothly textured, well-composed palate. Great balance."
- Jeni Port (Halliday Wine Companion)
95 points
"There’s lots going on here... So little of this wine is about fruit, and it’s so damn good. Another classy, fine and brilliantly complex release from VS&B."
- Tom Kline (Wine Pilot)
Customer Reviews
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1 review
- SRShaun R.Verified Buyer2 years agoReviewingVignerons Schmolzer & Brown Beechworth PackRated 4 out of 5 starsLovely Wines
Lovely wines. Will be better with age. Liked the Chardonnay.
| Price Bracket | $51 to $100 |
| Region | Beechworth |
| Australian State | VIC |
| Feature |
Women in Wine High Score |
| Size | 8 |
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