2023 Tahbilk Marsanne

For under $20, the 2023 Tahbilk Marsanne delivers outstanding value for one of Australia’s most-loved white wines. This fresh, vibrant Marsanne is a brilliant example of why it’s been a staple on wine shelves for decades, offering pretty serious quality (and cellaring potential) without the hefty price tag.

Tahbilk has been making Marsanne since the 1860s, and today holds the largest single vineyard of this Northern Rhone variety in the world. The 2023 vintage packs in all the hallmarks—zesty lemon, tropical fruit, and a crisp, mineral finish. It’s lively, versatile, and an easy match for everything from seafood to lighter Mediterranean and Asian dishes.

Recently named one of the Top 100 Wines of 2024 by the Halliday Wine Companion, this wine is a real gem for the price. Enjoy it now for its fresh, clean flavours or cellar it to unlock deeper, richer layers in a few years’ time.

Affordable, approachable, and absolutely delicious—it’s hard to go wrong with the 2023 Tahbilk Marsanne.

95 points & Top 100 Wines of 2024
"With extensive flooding and low yields, it is easy to see the 2023 Nagambie Lakes vintage as problematic. Shut your eyes, open your tastebuds, and there is life here and brightness of fruit and energy. Spring blossoms come to mind, the pure scent of honeysuckle and citrus. It's an early bloomer – or so it appears just before release – immediate and attractive right now (late Dec) in lemon sorbet tang, green apple and quince delivered with an emerging texture. Gotta say, I am enjoying it now, but I know what Tahbilk unwooded marsanne is capable of with bottle ageing. Never to be underestimated."
- Jeni Port (Halliday Wine Companion)