Congratulations to Cyrille Monsurrat (Atheneum Club) 

Winner of the 2008 YarraLoch Arneis Promotion of a trip for two to Rome!

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The Wine Front by Campbell Mattinson

February 15 2009

2008 YarraLoch Arneis 

Wild yeast, open wooden fermenters, minimal racking and filtration ... I like the way Yarraloch goes about making its wines. The packaging is good too. For an unproven label I don't always enjoy the pricing but the wines are interesting.

Excellent flavour and impact for a 12.5 percent alcohol wine. Lemons, slate, dried herbs and even a touch of nectarine. It's textural and punchy but perhaps a little blunt, its beautifully slatey finish at minor odds with the overall roundness of flavour. It will be interesting to see this wine in nine or so months time - there are subtle, briney, spicy elements around the edges, and if they become more prominent, then we will really have a wine on our hands.

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