WINE BY THE SEA : TATACHILLA SEMILLON SAUVIGNON BLANC 2005
So far, this weekend has been a wonderful getaway from work, but thankfully,i'm still very close to my wines. Here I am, at Raffles Marina Singapore, with my trusty laptop and a bottle of Tatachilla Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2005. Honestly, it's not really my first choice since I don't really appreciate a SSB blend, but its the only white they have so I'll leave my judgements at the door and have a glass by the sea! Tatachilla is a very established Australian winery from Mclaren Vale that has vineyards in Mclaren and Clarendon Hills, so the wine has to be very decent!
TASTING NOTE

APPEARANCE : vibrant and shiny gold, beautiful clarity with small tear trails.

NOSE : A good mixture of ripe lime & old lemons with a dash of red grapefruit aromas. There's a hint of passionfruit in the background. Very fresh fruits aromas.

PALATE : Good acidity with white fruit freshness. I like the drinkability with well tamed acids with still enough bite to it. There's a lovely finish of passionfruit flavors.

EVOLUTION/CONCLUSION : A very decent drinkable wine that really has good fruit flavors. Not as complicated as I prefer it to, but its a good wine for its class! But after about 30mins after opening the bottle, I am very sorry to admit, the wine does become a tad bit flabby. It was so fresh when it was first opened. Lesson learnt : Drink faster!