The Last Straw
2005 Vintage
AUSTRALIAN WINE COMPANION 2008 James Halliday
Golden colour utterly appropriate to the nectar-like aromas and honey/honeysuckle flavours, the sweetness perfectly balanced by acidity. 94 points
2004 Vintage
SUN HERALD - 8/6/2008
Turkey Flat Last Straw Marsanne 2005, (375m1)
Last Straw pays tribute to the Rhone Valley's "vin de paille", a wine made from grapes dried on straw mats to concentrate the sugars and flavours. It smells of apricots,
vanilla and honeysuckle. The rich, intense palate is sweet and viscous with a dry finish. Food: Serve as an aperitif with duck parfait. Ageing: Drink now to 2018. Five Stars
AUSTRALIAN WINE COMPANION 2007 James Halliday
A very complex, eclectic style using partially dried grapes; flavour and structure ranging through honey, hay and malt; not overly sweet, cellaring will certainly yield much. Rating: 92 Points. Drink: 2014.
THE ADVERTISER 24/9/2008 Tony Love
Sourced from the Stonewell sub-region, the pretty floral aromatics also have a faint mint-leaf edge, very attractive in the process
especially when what follows is a light honey drizzle over apple and peach fruit salad. Best of all, it's upright with good acidity and brightness -
very spritely, very sexy, too. 93 Points.
2003 Vintage
AUSTRALIAN WINE COMPANION 2007 James Halliday
Honeysuckle, spice and dried apricots; a spaetlese level of sweetness; has absorbed all the new French oak in which it
was barrel-fermented and matured. Classy if esoteric. Rating: 92 Points. Drink: 2010.