2019 Marsanne, Tahbilk *Magnum*
Nagambie Lakes, Victoria, Australia
Honey Line
Tahbilk’s 2019 Marsanne is one of Australia’s great white wine signatures, here in magnum for extra presence and slower, more graceful evolution. Now showing the first delicious signs of maturity, it opens with lemon curd, honeysuckle, jasmine, pear, beeswax, almond, fresh hay and a gentle marmalade richness. Still bright, still lifted, but beginning to glow.
On the palate, it is dry, textural and quietly savoury, with citrus, orchard fruit and honeyed complexity carried by a clean mineral line. Marsanne’s natural softness gives it generosity, while Tahbilk’s hallmark freshness keeps the finish long, nutty and precise. A brilliant mature white for anyone who likes their ageworthy whites with texture, charm and a story.
For when
A generous table needs a mature white with history, character and real conversation value.
Pairs with
Roast chicken, pork belly, crab, lobster, scallops, smoked trout, mild seafood curry, mushroom risotto, Comté or aged Gouda.
Tahbilk is one of Australia’s historic wine estates, established in 1860 in Nagambie Lakes and owned by the Purbrick family since 1925. Its connection with Marsanne is extraordinary: the estate traces the grape back to nineteenth-century “White Hermitage” cuttings and still works with vines planted in 1927, among the oldest and largest single holdings of Marsanne in the world. This is a true Australian classic, loved for its lemony youth, honeyed age and remarkable ability to develop quietly in bottle.
Whats in the bottle
Marsanne 100%
Notable Awards
93/100 Points, James Suckling