Tired of ordering local wines online, and seeing the lovely arneis and vermentino advertised at the Ballina Dan Murphy's, I took myslef off there only to gratifyingly find DM had a few Sirroment wines from the QLD Granite Belt and these are relatively cheap at $9.49. Sirromet smartly have their large S on the screw cap, on those lovely tall, slim bottles, which means you can identify them immediately in a bag of bottles at floor level, which is how I keep mine.
The unwooded chardonnay and verdelho are the better of the whites.
Even though unwooded, the chardonnay still has depth and some texture. It's all honey and apricot, reminding you what chardonnay should be, but still a relatively light gold in colour.
The Classic White is what should be a gorgeous combination of viognier and chardonnay (annonyingly, percentages are not specified). It's pine and apple, but a little too severe and medicinal to really be experienced as pleasure.
The verdelho is textured, oily with its mouthful, which is always comforting, except perhaps on a very hot day, when you'd like something lighter. Pale to mid-gold in colour, there's citrus and pine in the perfume and citrus on the initial palate, with something like green apple or unripe pear or pine again on the extended palate. Sherbety but stern. It's tart and acidic, and has a medium to long length and structured.
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