Don't Just Take Our Word For It ...
"This wine is just magic. On release, and for the first couple of years, it tastes light and crisp and fresh – delicious but quite simple. Give it lots of time in the cellar, though – 10, 20, 30 years – and it transforms into a rich but still dry, golden, complex nectar: tangy yellow fruit, buttered toast, heady honeysuckle.
The 1970, tasted at the celebration [Editor: Purbrick Family Centennial], was glorious, still a beautiful drink at almost 55 years old. The 1995, drunk a few weeks later with friends, was outstanding: alive, energetic, wonderful. It cost about $9 a bottle when it was released; I should have bought cases and cases of it.
Yes, the Tahbilk 1927 Vines Marsanne is a remarkable wine too, and even more age worthy (the oldest vintage we tasted, the ridiculously youthful 2000, will age gracefully for at least another quarter-century) but Tahbilk’s Estate Marsanne is a dead-set great-value Aussie classic."
Max Allen | Financial Review | January 2025
"Serving Asian flavours or hitting a BYO restaurant this summer? Look no further. This variety from France’s northern Rhone is great with most grub thanks to lashings of citrus and tropical fruit flavours. Family-owned and run wine brand Tahbilk has a long history behind it and the devotion to growing and making Marsanne is evident in the quality (at an affordable price that means we can all enjoy it). It also ages well, so grab a couple in the name of austerity and future planning."
Katie Spain | Saturday Melbourne Age | January 2025
"Marsanne is a grape that originated In the Rhone Valley in France – but some of the oldest plantings the world – close to a century old – are found at Tahbilk in Victoria – where the Purbrick family is currently celebrating 100 years of family ownership.
In France, Marsanne is often blended. Here it produces a delicious drink that can either be enjoyed in its youth or cellared for several years. Think floral aromas, stone fruit flavours, hints of spice and a dry finish. Always good value and a terrific all-rounder."
Winsor Dobbin | Wine With Winsor | ciaomagazine.com.au | December 2024
"Pale lemon with green highlights to the colour. Bright citrus with honeysuckle and jasmine florals. Pink salt, papaya and strawberry calyx (green leafy bit).
A little toast and cinnamon spice that will grow and develop over time to become a defining character.
A little waxiness to the body, yet stony minerality gives a tight line for now. Drink now or in 5 or 10 years time."
vinonotebook.com | November 2024
"It’s hard to think of another wine sitting in this price category (Editor: 20 Whites under $35) with a pedigree that gets close to this vinousinstitution.
Marsanne has always been part of the Tahbilk story, especially so in the century-long stewardship of the Purbrick family, and the wines are rightly famous for their lifted honeysuckle fragrance, immediate drinkability and peerless capacity to age."
The Weekend Australian Magazine | Nick Ryan | November 2024
