Manseng is one of our great success stories with Alternative Varieties, its small berries, tough skins & open bunches make it very resistant to botrytis, the bane of our high summer rainfall. Petit Manseng or Gros Manseng? While we believed we planted Petit Manseng fifteen years ago the new DNA research conducted by Wine Australia showed that all planting material that has been imported to Australia is actually Gros Manseng. Whatever Petit or Gros, our Manseng delivers juicy, fresh with unmistakable tension and high flavour concentration resulting in very long aging potential. View Product Info
2021 Manseng
$35.00
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Manseng [Mah-sung] is one of our great success stories with Alternative Varieties, its small berries, tough skins & open bunches make it very resistant to botrytis, the bane of our high summer rainfall.
Petit Manseng or Gros Manseng? While we believed we planted Petit Manseng fifteen years ago the new DNA research conducted by Wine Australia showed that all planting material that has been imported to Australia is actually Gros Manseng.
What’s the difference? Both varieties have very small berries (Petit smaller than Gros), both share intensive ripe citrus and floral aromatic profile and mainly both are high in natural acid.
Whatever Petit or Gros, our Manseng delivers juicy, fresh with unmistakable tension and high flavour concentration resulting in very long ageing potential.
Tasting Note
The 2021 is a very elegant wine with subdued but complex aromas of white flowers and all kinds of juicy citruses. Taut lemony acidity gives the wine enormous vibe and energy to carry on lemon and grapefruit flavours to a long salty finish. Wine with long life ahead!
Perfect wine to be drank by the glass but it provides enough texture to accompany wide range of food.
Optimal serving temperature: 11 – 13 °C
Food pairing: Think about parrot fish, trout or a quail. The racy acidity together with rich flavours will also go beautifully with fattier pork dishes.
Wine Details
Region: New England, Australia
Variety: Gros Manseng
Vintage: 2021
Alcohol content: 13 %
RS: 0.72 g/l
TA: 7.8 g/l
pH: 3.18
Bottle size: 750 ml
Winemaking: Spontaneously fermented in stainless steel tank. Aged for 14 months in old barriques and hogsheads. Bottled without fining & filtration.
Cellaring potential: up to 2030 & beyond
Production: 1550 bottles produced.
Expert Reviews
Gros manseng, as the dice have rolled. Topper’s excels with the variety, producing one of Australia’s most compelling wines with it, or so I say. Oft overlooked! At the price this is a compelling offer.
What a delight this is. Full in texture, deep in flavour and scent, loaded with quince, preserved lemon and ginger and cinnamon spice. Feels well seasoned, savoury with cashew nuttiness and then lush with soft, ripe citrusy characters and yet finishes impossibly long and fresh with briny-minerally acidity. Geez, this has so much mojo. A stellar white wine, complex, layered, yet bright and lively despite the apparent richness. It presses so many buttons. Serious stuff.
95 pts – Mike Bennie, The Winefront, October 2022
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