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Tahbilk Museum Release Marsanne 2008

Australia

Community Score: 4.4/5
Community Reviews: 4

Price: $26.95

Sweetness: Extra Dry
Alcohol: 13.5%

Drink: Now

Bottle size: 750 ml
Winery: Tahbilk

Steve Kubota rated this wine as 86/100 with the following review:

TAHBILK WINERY, Victoria, Australia
2008 Museum Release Marsanne

I enjoyed tasting wine from Tahbilk at an industry tasting promotion showcasing Australia’s First Families of Wine. There is more information on Australia’s First Families of Wine (AFFW) available at the end of this review.

From the Winery:
Established in 1860 Tahbilk is one of Australia's most beautiful and historic family owned wineries. Located in the Nagambie Lakes region of central Victoria (120kms north of Melbourne), one of the nation's premium viticultural areas, the property comprises some 1,214 hectares of rich river flats with a frontage of 11 kms to the Goulburn River and 8 kms of permanent backwaters and creeks. Purchased by the Purbrick family is 1925, Tahbilk is now home to 5 generations.

One of the world's rarest grape varieties originating in the Northern Rhone & Hermitage regions of France it is grown in only 3 other countries, Australia, America & Switzerland. Tahbilk holds the largest and oldest single holding of the variety in the world.

Tahbilk's history with Marsanne is traced back to the 1860's with the sourcing of 'White Hermitage' cuttings from the 'St Hubert’s' Vineyard in Victoria's Yarra Valley. The grape was Marsanne and although none of these plantings have survived, the Estate still produces Marsanne from plantings dating back to 1927.

My Tasting Notes:
86 Points – The 2008 Marsanne has balanced aromas and flavours of lemon and tropical fruit. There’s a nice mid-palette weighting with a crisp mineral finish of decent proportions. There is high acidity but the wine still remains balanced. The Marsanne is enjoyed best with a watercress or chestnut salad topped with goat cheese. Best enjoyed now and for the next 2-years.

Varietal Composition: 100% Marsanne
Appellations: Nagambie Lakes
Vintage: 2008
Alcohol: 13.5%
pH: 3.22
Total acid: 6.4 g/L
Sweetness Level: Dry (00)

Australia’s First Families of Wine (AFFW):
AFFW together represent seventeen wine-growing regions across Australia and forty-eight generations of winemakers. The inaugural twelve-member alliance includes Brown Brothers, Campbells, Taylors, DeBortoli, McWilliam's, Tahbilk, Tyrell's, Yalumba, D'Arenberg, Jim Barry, Howard Park, and Henschke.

The aim of Australia's First Families of Wine is to showcase a representative and diverse range of the best of Australian wine with a focus on regional and iconic drops. The collective is working to engage and educate consumers, retailers, restaurants and the wine industry across the globe about the real character and personality of Australian wine, and about the unique characters and personalities behind it.

The 2008 Tahbilk Museum Release Marsanne was tasted in May, 2015 in Vancouver, BC.

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