RECEIVING a five-star rating in Halliday Australian Wine Companion is high praise for any winery - when the five stars (or glasses as they are depicted) are printed in red, you are among only 10 per cent of wine producers rated in this compendium.
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Two Southern Highland wineries were awarded five red glasses when their wines received 95 points or more in the latest Australian Wine Companion proving that our cool-climate wines are among the best.
Centennial Vineyards and Tertini Wines were both given five red glasses in the 2016 edition and had wines that scored in the rare stratosphere of 95 points or more.
Centennial Vineyards retained its red five stars it has held for the past three years showing their consistently high standard of wine production. The Centennial Vineyards Single Vineyard Chardonnay 2012 received a 95 point rating as did their Reserve Single Vineyard Shiraz 2013. A Reserve Single Vineyard Shiraz Viognier 2013 from Centennial Vineyards also received a five glass rating.
Tertini Wines’ Private Cellar Collection Riesling 2013, a recent trophy winner at the Boutique Wine Awards, scored a whopping 97 points and is described in the Wine Companion as “seriously good wine.”
Its Riesling 2013 rated 95 points and received a five glass rating as did Tertini Pinot Noir 2012.
Winemaker Jonathan Holgate said receiving five red glasses this year was a first for Tertini Wines after three years of being award a five glass rating.
“We have achieved the five glasses in the past three years for various wines we have submitted to Halliday, so it was great news to hear of our five red glasses entry,” Mr Holgate said.
Five red glasses are considered to be “exceptional wines that have won a major trophy or trophies in important wine shows, or are of that standard.”
Centennial Vineyards winemaker Tony Cosgriff said “keeping our red five glasses was very satisfying and illustrates consistency in a game where mother nature has a habit of throwing curve balls.”
Halliday Australian Wine Companion is considered to be the definitive guide to Australian wine and a bestseller for the author James Halliday who profiled more than 1300 wineries in the latest edition.
