Tahbilk Marsanne 2023
£12.95
The wine
From the world's largest single holding of Marsanne, and one of wine's great bargains. Grapefruit zest and citrus floral aromas carry through to a decidedly lively, mineral palate of pear, Granny Smith apple and citrus. Drink it young and crisp, or tuck a few away: aged Tahbilk Marsanne turns honeyed and toasty, and is legendary for it.
The producer
Tahbilk
View all Tahbilk winesEstablished in 1860, Tahbilk is one of Australia's great historic family wineries, set in the Nagambie Lakes of Central Victoria. The name comes from tabilk tabilk, place of many waterholes in the language of the Daungwurrung clans, and it fits: 1,214 hectares with seven miles of frontage to the Goulburn River.
Tahbilk is renowned above all for Marsanne. The estate holds the world's largest single planting of the variety, including vines established in 1927 that are among the oldest anywhere, and its rare aged releases are collected the world over. The reds, from estate Shiraz to the Old Vines Cabernet Shiraz, carry the same unhurried, savoury stamp.
Environmental care is paramount: Tahbilk has been carbon neutral since 2013. In 2016 James Halliday named it Winery of the Year. Few cellars anywhere offer this much history for the money.






