Gullyview Estate 'Alberts' Vermentino 2025 Gullyview Estate’s 2024 “Albert’s” Vermentino is one of the stronger modern Australian examples of the variety — saline, textured, bright, and very Clare Valley in personality. It’s made by Jono Koerner from family vineyards in Watervale, South Australia, with the wine named after his father Anthony “Albert” Koerner, who planted Vermentino back in 2009 before the grape became fashionable locally. The wine sits in that newer Australian white-wine movement that favours: freshness over overt fruitiness, savoury texture, minerality and salinity, lower alcohol and food-friendliness. Typical tasting notes across critics and retailers include: sea spray and oyster shell grapefruit and pomelo lime and bitter lemon green apple and nashi pear white peach and lemon curd subtle white spice and briny minerality Stylistically, it’s not a simple crisp white. The 2024 vintage had: wild fermentation, some time in old oak, full malolactic fermentation, extended lees contact, which gives it more texture and creaminess while still keeping the acid line tight and refreshing. A few technical details: Region: Watervale, Clare Valley Variety: 100% Vermentino Alcohol: ~11.5% Price: Usually AU$30–36 retail Style: Light-to-medium body, savoury, saline, textured white  Critically, it’s reviewed very well: 94 points from Katrina Butler at Halliday Wine Companion 92 points from Mike Bennie at The Wine Front The Halliday review described it as: “Sea spray and oyster shell… limey and briny” Food-wise, this would be excellent with: oysters and shellfish, grilled prawns, lemony pasta, fried seafood, roast chicken, salty cheeses, Mediterranean dishes