Tempranillo

BEST OTHER REDS AND BLENDS
The Penguin Good Australian Wine Guide 2007
"For sheer gluggability and hedonistic pleasure we loved this wine. Young it may be; straightforward it may be; unwooded, too; but it’s an object lesson in how to produce a delicious fruit-driven young red."
The Times Top 100 Best Summer Wines
"Spain's plummy tempranillo grape is a terrific new addition to Australia¹s run of red wines, delivering some wonderful flavours and fruit. This elegant, scented, rose and blackcurrant pastille-licked red, with plenty of bright vibrant fruit is a case in point." Jane MacQuitty
This is a delicious, unwooded expression of the Tempranillo variety grown at Pondalowie Vineyards at Bridgewater on Loddon, near Bendigo in Victoria.
Aromas of cherries, raspberry, cola, leafy tobacco and mineral characters precede a palate rich with soft red berry, cherry fruits and earthiness. Although unwooded, it is medium bodied and has natural, fresh chalky tannins and great length. Serve this wine slightly chilled on a hot summers day or enjoy anytime with tapas.
Dominic Morris, winemaker at Pondalowie also "moonlights" as winemaker at the Qinta do Crasto in Portugal. This wine is named ‘MT’ as a tribute to the expression ‘Minha Terra’, a term used by Quinta do Crasto winery workers when describing the place that is their home or where they come from.

*** This is a 6 bottle case - to make up the minimum order of 12 bottles, you will need to add another case of wine (6s or 12s) to your order.***

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Very ripe fruit, moving in to a kirsch liqueur bouquet, sweet and supple fruit on the palate, with a dry, slightly dusty finish. 90 points."
James Halliday Australian Wine Companion
Pondalowie, the current masters of Aussie Tempranillo, secured some very special fruit from a vineyard near Heathcote as the base for this delicious Tempranillo


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"Tim Adams has been threatening the world with this beauty for several years now. He'll ambush you at wine tastings and persuade you to follow him for a taste of his new baby. He's a very big man with a very big hand- or, rather, fist-shake: he says follow, you follow. And each time I've seen his experimental Tempranillos, I've said, 'Wow, when can we get some?'. Well here it is. Tempranillo is one of the fastest-growing new varieties in Australia and it's clearly brilliantly suited to the coolish but sunny Clare Valley conditions. Tim has produced a wine that should be the role model for Tempranillo in Australia: its lovely dark fruit of scented loganberry and sweet sloes is brightened up with lime blossom and eucalyptus perfume and all of these flavours run right through the glyceriney and attractively tannic heart of the wine. Lovely now, it'll age beautifully." Oz Clarke (2009 Oz Clarke Wine Buying Guide)

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