Willow Creek
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Willow Creek 1998 Cabernet Sauvignon (Mornington Peninsula)
- $21
Smells young and elusive, with earthy, green aromas masking riper notes of blackberries and cassis. There’s little oak evident here. The wine tastes riper than you’d expect, with sweet blackberry fruit, but high acidity keeps it on the austere side. A highly structured wine that is fine on its own and even better with the right foods.
— S.H.
(9/1/2001)
Willow Creek 1999 Tulum Reserve Chardonnay (Mornington Peninsula)
- $26
High acid, austere fruit mark this cool-climate wine, with aromas and flavors of green apples and peaches. It would be rather lean and tart on its own, but they fattened it up with French Oak and aging on the lees. It’s a terroir-driven wine.
— S.H.
(9/1/2001)
Willow Creek 2000 Sauvignon Blanc (Mornington Peninsula)
- $18
Grassy and bone dry, it has strong aromas of lemons and grapefruits, with no oak influence at all. The result is clean, fresh and tart. A nice apéritif wine that would be good with fresh shellfish.
— S.H.
(9/1/2001)
Willow Creek 2000 Unoaked Chardonnay (Mornington Peninsula)
- $18
Like the label says, no oak has touched this wine. All you get is pure fruit, and dry, high acid fruit, at that. The flavors veer toward citrus with a hint of peach, and the acidity is very high. Elegant, crisp, and refreshing, it finishes with a slight burn.
— S.H.
(9/1/2001)
Willow Creek 2001 Unoaked Chardonnay (Mornington Peninsula)
- $18
From a cool-weather region, this tangy, slightly sharp Chardonnay aims at a Chablis style and almost pulls it off. Smells ripe, with pear and guava notes, but the palate is less so—grapefruit and lima-bean flavors prevail.
— J.C.
(7/1/2002)
Willow Creek 2000 Pinot Noir (Canterbury)
- $16
A tartly acidic wine, with some sweet molasses aromas but also hints of decaying vegetation.
— J.C.
(9/1/2003)
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