Tempranillo

Tempranillo, the backbone of many a fine rioja, is thriving in Australia where many of the hot young winemakers have taken it in hand and are producing some brilliant wine.
This delicious wine was produced by a young winemaking couple who are producing some of the best Tempranillos in Australia, to rave reviews by the journalists. It has wonderful flavours of blackberies, plums and cherries that swirl across the palate and it all ends in a wonderful, lingering finish.
A bargain at this price!

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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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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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Tempranillo has long been the backbone of the Spanish red wine industry, being the principal variety of the world renowned wines of Rioja. Tim Adams love of Rioja led him to search for the appropriate site, soil and clone to plant in ourthe vineyard at Watervale. The tempranillo was first plantedthere in 2001.

On an exploratory trip to Spain to meet winemakers and taste wines in Rioja, Tim met Isaac Muga who agreed to work with T imin Clare for vintage 2004. In 2004, we planted 6.5 hectares of tempranillo on our Ladera vineyard in Clare.

This wine, from the 2006 vintage, has been hand selected from individual barrels before blending, and exhibits the definitive tempranillo characters of strawberry and cherry, in harmony with clove and cinnamon spice derived from 16 months aging in new French oak. The wine is spicy and savoury by Australian standards and is lower in alcohol than most of Tim's red wines. Sealed under screwcap to ensure freshness and authenticity, the wine will develop to its full potential over the next seven years.

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