"Quite frankly one of the most challenging wines I've had to blend for many years; to ensure, as always, a complete wine of balance and excitement was not easy. They say the rewards are always relative to the challenge? This wine is pure pleasure, against the odds of the heat wave. The aromatics highlight lifted perfumes of all the expressions of quince; fresh and aged (in that fruit bowl for months), poached and ever so slightly baked... then there is Redskin lollies without confectionery notes? The nose offers a spectrum of dark cherries, cinnamon quill, eucalyptus sap, sweet smell of the scrub with a collection of native floral. Imagine boiling that billy in the bush, dipping into your pouch of dried Oolong tea leaves?! Contradicting the heat of 08 which may give expectation of ripe stewyness, the mouth feel is fresh, youthful and structured. It will reward patience in the cellar. In my mind the wine is not dissimilar to the '06 but on a path to the '07 with the spice range. A typical McLaren Vale play of power and vivid brightness; the sun and the sea. Let me know what you think."
Samuel's Gorge
Country:
Australia
Region:
SA- McLaren Vale
Variety:
Wine Red - Grenache
Size:
750mL
