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Quality Wine Labels – The Best Australian Wines

The art of finding those special wine labels can needlessly bring on a mild anxiety attack in many inexperienced wine drinkers as they search for the best Australian wines to serve at home. I have seen it happen – the wine drinking equivalent of a fish out of water. With so many grape varieties, numerous regions and hundreds, if not thousands of brands to choose from, it is easy to understand how wine consumers can be easily overwhelmed and potentially fearful. So how do you find that truly excellent wine sitting somewhere on that shelf? So what is it that makes a wine truly great – is it grape variety, the region where it’s produced or the vintage year?

There’s a trick is to understand what a fine wine tastes like. The first element is a wine’s aroma which consists of an array of smells and taste well beyond fruit? Tar, roses, thyme or earth with top wines can display many layers with complex aromas and flavours. A good quality wine should have a rewarding texture and fruit length, and that is not overwhelming but rather has a long lasting flavour that’s experienced after drinking. Poor wines disappear as soon as they hit the back of your throat. They leave no lasting impact, and normally fade into the recesses of memory never to be thought of again. Alternatively, more complex, compelling wines can have long lasting flavours that sit in your mouth for several minutes.

So where can you find these diamond wines? Start your search for a reputable wine merchant – where you can find a select wine range with expert staff who are normally more than happy to assist you in defining drinking habits based on your personal taste. These venues are not always easy to find but worth their weight in gold.

If this doesn’t work, you can always explore some personal favourite wineries through a process of trial and error. A key influence of any wine and its taste is the where the grapes are grown. Every wines made in a particular wine region will taste somewhat similar to neighbouring areas. And for some of those special places there is a strong natural affinity with a particular grape or two resulting in spectacular wines. Sangiovese and Tuscany, Tempranillo and Rioja, Chardonnay and the Adelaide Hills and Pinot Noir and Martinborough are just a few examples, although there are plenty more. So choose a wine from one such region and you are cutting the odds of hitting gold significantly into your favour.

And finally and not as important is wine’s vintage. In Australian and New Zealand is the vintage is considerably less of a factor compared to say Italy or France with more unpredicable weather conditions. While there is the occasional vintage poor, red wines such as 2008 Hunter Valley or 2006 Margaret River are excellent, and do not disappoint and in their best years can be amongst Australia’s best wines.

When you next find yourself at a loss in the search for a decent wine bottle, try some trusted regions with their best suited grape and you are likely to hit a winner. Some other wine labels worth considering include: Clare Valley and Riesling, Margaret River and Chardonnay, Central Otago and Pinot Noir, Waiheke Island and Cabernet Sauvignon.

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