{"id":686,"date":"2025-11-30T17:09:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T17:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/2025\/11\/30\/4-5-5-finisterre-robert-oatley-2020-margaret-river-australia\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T17:09:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T17:09:30","slug":"4-5-5-finisterre-robert-oatley-2020-margaret-river-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/2025\/11\/30\/4-5-5-finisterre-robert-oatley-2020-margaret-river-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"4.5\/5 &#8211; Finisterre &#8211; Robert Oatley, 2020, Margaret River, Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Rating: 4.5\/5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 2020 Finisterre from Robert Oatley is a stunning Margaret River white wine. Its appearance reveals clear, golden hues with a medium colour intensity, showing a well-balanced wine. The nose offers a medley of aromas with lime juice, apple, and apricot leading the way, complemented by buttery brioche notes, evoking a sense of elegance. On the palate, this white wine presents a silky feel, with a medium body and a harmonious blend of medium acidity, medium tannins, and a dry finish.<\/p>\n<h3>At a glance<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Type:<\/strong> White<\/li>\n<li><strong>Appearance:<\/strong> clear, medium, gold<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nose:<\/strong> medium; lime juice, apple, apricot \/ brioche<\/li>\n<li><strong>Palate:<\/strong> Body medium, Acidity medium, Alcohol medium, Sweetness dry, Feel silky, Flavour intensity medium<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tastes:<\/strong> apple, lime juice, grapefruit \/ vanilla<\/li>\n<li><strong>Finish:<\/strong> medium<\/li>\n<li><strong>Development:<\/strong> Fully Developed<\/li>\n<li><strong>Readiness:<\/strong> drink now but it will age<\/li>\n<li><strong>Balanced:<\/strong> yes<\/li>\n<li><strong>Complex:<\/strong> yes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Food pairings<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Grilled shrimp with citrus-herb sauce<\/li>\n<li>Pan-seared scallops with apple compote<\/li>\n<li>Crispy pork belly with brioche croutons<\/li>\n<li>Lime and ginger roasted chicken<\/li>\n<li>Creamy asparagus and parmesan risotto<\/li>\n<li>Grilled halloumi with apricot chutney<\/li>\n<li>Seared sea bass with lemon butter<\/li>\n<li>Roasted vegetable skewers with balsamic glaze<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rating: 4.5\/5 The 2020 Finisterre from Robert Oatley is a stunning Margaret River white wine. Its appearance reveals clear, golden hues with a medium colour intensity, showing a well-balanced wine. The nose offers a medley of aromas with lime juice, apple, and apricot leading the way, complemented by buttery brioche notes, evoking a sense of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wineclub"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/16086_20251130170905.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=686"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}