• SPARKLING green apples, brioche, oyster shell and citrus crisp finish
• RIESLING floral, green apple, minerality and refreshing lime
• SAUVIGNON BLANC green capsicum, passionfruit and herbal.
• PINOT GRIS OR PINOT GRIGIO poached pears/apples and bakers spices with crispness
• SEMILLON lemon, lime and oyster shell minerals
• CHARDONNAY flinty, crisp pink lady apples, stone fruit and vanilla
• OTHER WHITE VARIETAL WINES diversity of herbal, melon and citrus tang
• WHITE BLENDS combinations of green, citrus and tropical fruit
• ROSÉ red berries, perfumed savoury ripe fruit and lemon
• PINOT NOIR red berries, earthy mushroom and silky tannins
• MERLOT ripe spicy plum, blueberries and chocolate
• OTHER RED VARIETALS red and black fruit jam, spicy vanillin/smoky oak
• RED BLENDS red and black berries/jam, black spices, balanced
• softness, rounded aged caramel oak
• INNOVATION WINES pushing boundaries of perception – enjoy them for
• what they are
• SHIRAZ white or black pepper, ripe plums/prunes and spicy oak
• SHIRAZ DOMINANT BLENDS spicy plum jam, hits of blackberries and elegant firm tannins.
• CABERNET SAUVIGNON blackcurrant, leafy, dark chocolate and firm structured
• tannins
• SWEET WHITE WINE intense marmalade, apricot jam and pineapple freshness
• FORTIFIED WINE layered intensity of liquorice/golden syrup/plum pudding,
• upon layers of dried fig, raisins and the warmth of aged brandy spirit
• BRANDY roasted almond, 85% cocoa, mandarin rind and toffee oak

Credit: Michael Quirk, Wine Educator & Chief Steward for KPMG Sydney Royal Wine Show