Bob Oatley has made some great calls in his time. Firstly, in 2003 there was the sale of his Rosemount Estate empire to Southcorp for $1.5 billion; then there was his Wild Oats II yachting team which won five line honours in the Sydney to Hobart Race and remain race record holder to this day; and more recently, the development of the Wild Oats Sauvignon Blanc Semillon (2009) ($18) \u2013 an outstanding new wine sourced from the Margaret River, Frankland River and Pemberton regions in Western Australia.<\/p>\n
The dull straw colour of the wine actually lulls you into a false sense of dreariness as the wine is lively and vivacious from the moment it hits the lips. The grassy citrus at the front gives way to a herbaceous tang in the middle and finishes dry and zesty but with a lively minerality. The quality of the fruit is surprising for the price point!<\/p>\n
This one might make you put away Marlborough Sauvignon Blancs for good!<\/p>\n
And to think, I used to think that their Chardonnay was the pick of their range\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Bob Oatley has made some great calls in his time. Firstly, in 2003 there was the sale of his Rosemount Estate empire to Southcorp for $1.5 billion; then there was his Wild Oats II yachting team which won five line honours in the Sydney to Hobart Race and remain race record holder to this day;…
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