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NOTES
Nugan Estate second tier wines, Cookoothama; is made from estate grown fruit from the family’s vineyards in the King Valley and Darlington Point. Cookoothama “cooka-a-tharma” is the name of the family’s vineyard at Darlington Point on the Murrumbidgee River and is the aboriginal word meaning ‘fertile land’. The two hands on the label represent the people who have lived and cultivated the land spread along the banks of the Murrumbidgee River transforming it into the prosperous land it is today.
TASTING NOTES
The Semillon for this special dessert wine is sourced from our Cookoothama Vineyard on the banks of the Murrumbidgee River at Darlington Point in the Riverina. The Riverina is renowned for its dessert wines. Indeed, this wine collected the Trophy at the 2006 Decanter World Wine Awards in London for Best International Dessert Wine under £10. Brilliant straw with a golden hue; Enticing aromas of dried apricot and fig. Luscious concentrated palate of marmalade, apricot nectar and pineapple with well-balanced acid giving it length and structure.
REVIEWS
Terrific levels of botrytis and unctuous texture on the palate; long, almost treacly, but with a twist of orange rind freshness on the finish. Cork.11% alc. Rating 94 James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2010
AWARDS
2009 Sydney Wine Show GOLD
2008 NZ International Wine Show GOLD
2008 Mundus vini (Germany) GOLD
2007 Cairns Wine Show GOLD
James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 94 POINTS
Wine Business Monthly
"...This is a rich wine...very well balanced." 93 POINTS
Wine, Gourmet Traveller
"...Luscious, deep and very sweet..." 92 POINTS
2008 International Wine & Spirits Competition SILVER
2008 Hobart Wine Show SILVER
2008 Perth Wine Show SILVER
2008 Cairns Wine Show SILVER
2008 Decanter World Wine Awards SILVER
2007 International Wine & Spirits Competition SILVER
2007 Brisbane Wine Show SILVER
2007 Royal Melbourne Wine Show SILVER
2007 Adelaide Wine Show SILVER
2007 Hobart Wine Show SILVER
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