Deep ruby in colour, with a classic Cabernet aromas of cassis and blackcurrants. The palate is silky smooth, awash with riots of blackberries and cassis, the finish is beautifully balanced between fruit and oak. One to be enjoyed now or cellared for a few years yet. Another winner from Pondalowie

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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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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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Australia‘s TOP 100 Wines, Philip White, The Adelaide Advertiser 93 points
"Take that juicy, sweet, concentrated cool climate Shiraz from Pondalowie‘s Shiraz Viognier, replace the viognier with elegant, leafy Cabernet, then add the polished Spanish leather and slightly feral tannins of the Tempranillo, and you get this profound sleeper for a quite boisterous food. You will do best if you let it assimilate a while in a good cellar, but it would be fine right now with spaghetti in a tomato sauce with black olives."

A spin on the traditional Australian blend of Shiraz and Cabernet with the inclusion of Tempranillo, this wine is created by harvesting the three varieties at the same time then co-fermenting them. The combination is fascinating and very drinkable! Lifted aromas of dark cherries and raspberries, cinnamon, nutmeg and subtle toasty oak intensify on the soft, rounded palate that is in great balance with its lingering finish.

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