21 Nov TOP 100 WINES 2025
SWIFT 16 VINTAGE LISTED IN AUSTRALIA’S TOP 100 WINES
“A genuine star of Australian Sparkling”
The Australian Weekend Magazine’s wine writer, Nick Ryan, spent 12 months criss-crossing the country tasting the very best wines Australia has to offer. Tastings took place at cellar doors, various industry events and wine competitions. We were excited to see the Swift 2016 Vintage sparkling included in his Top 100 wines (recently published in his weekly wine column in The Australian) with a score of 96 points.
“The Swift family and winemaker Drew Tuckwell have done more than anyone to seed, shape and substantiate the idea that the elevated vineyards of Orange could be a source of world-class sparkling wines. And they’ve done it with scintillating, thrilling wines like this. Piercingly pure grapefruit, lime juice squeezed on chalk, Granny Smith apples and nougat wrapped in croissant dough. It wears its eight years on lees lightly and could easily push on for more. A genuine star of Australia sparkling.”
So far this year the Swift 2016 Vintage has been awarded:
- Best Sparkling Trophy Royal Queensland Wine Show 2025
- Best Sparkling Trophy Sydney Royal Wine Show 2025
- Best Sparkling Trophy NSW Wine Awards 2025
- Best Sparkling Trophy Orange Wine Show 2025
- Best Wine of the Show Trophy Orange Wine Show 2025
- Best Single Vineyard Wine Trophy Orange Wine Show 2025
- TOP 100 WINES of 2025 in The Australian – 96 Points
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