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Tripe Iscariot Kroos Chenin Blanc 2020
Tripe Iscariot Kroos Chenin Blanc 2020
Remi@Tripe.Iscariot: A great year for Chenin in Margaret River. Limited Edition.
Tasting Notes
Offers fresh lemony zing with saline and faintly nutty notes with subtle cucumber-in-tonic character. Texture is puckering, almost chewy with grip, which refreshes the palate.
Plaudits
Always a delight to try chenin blanc from this producer, who makes different styles reflecting winemaking inputs, but more importantly, place. This fruit comes off 36-year-old vines in Wilyabrup, hand picked, whole-bunch pressed to French oak barriques on full solids; nine months in barrel post ferment without lees stirring. It’s wonderfully fleshy and ripe with poached quince and lemon curd, red apple skins and a lemon-ginger herbal infusion. And yet, it’s not a big wine, as fine acidity gently leads this to a persistent finish. Complex and compelling. 95 Points James Halliday
Sully Says
Sully Says
Remi has worked his magic on these Chenins. For anyone lucky enough the 2023 version sold out quickly, but the 2020 is still pouring beautifully.
Product Specification
Product Specification
| Vintage | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Region | Margaret River |
| Sub Region | Margaret River |
| Tier | Vintners |
| Type | White |
| Cellar | Drink Now of Cellar For Up to 10 Years |
| Certified | |
| Wine Varietal | Chenin Blanc |
| Size | 750ml |
| Closure | Screw Cap |
| Alcohol % | 12.8% |
| Body | Medium |
| Score | 95 JH |
About Winery
About Winery
Tripe Iscariot is a really small scale production of mystic by the magical Remi. There’s no real cellar door, or venue to visit, but the word on the street is that he’s making some of the best wine in Margaret River – if you can get your hands on it.
Somehow, some sommeliers in small bars in Perth know this and if you visit a bar in the city of repute, they might just have his wine. Probably not though. He’s really starting to get some incredible reviews on James Halliday – including 97 points for the latest Chenin. (That’s right, not a Chardonnay. A Chenin!).
James Halliday.
This has to be the most way-out winery name of the century. It prompted me (James) to email South African–born and trained winemaker/owner Remi Guise asking to explain its derivation and/or meaning. He courteously responded with a reference to Judas as ‘the greatest black sheep of all time’, and a non-specific explanation of ‘tripe’ as ‘challenging in style’. He added, ‘I hope this sheds some light, or dark, on the brand.' The wines provide a better answer, managing to successfully harness highly unusual techniques at various points of their élevage.
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