"Following on from their acclaimed 2009 vintage, the 2010 offers dark-fruit, sweet spice and savoury notes in perfect proportion. Intense, complex but not over-powering."
Wine House
"Our homestead block has proven to be the perfect site for this Spanish stallion. It's grown on shattered shale with full sunlight. It's a variety that can go loco if treated too well; neglect it for a second and it will shed its leaf. Tempranillo is very testing at the best of times. I think we finally broke in this wild one with the 2009 vintage release and have followed up with another ripper. Explosive nose, no guess work here... it's Tempranillo. Strap on your flak jacket. It has root beer and sarsaparilla aromatics with a lovely twist of Amaro Averna (a classic digestive). I get the feeling that it may have medicinal properties. The fruit flavours show a suggestion of cherry ripe, redcurrant, cinnamon, and dark Morello cherries. Maybe Black forest cake? The herbal notes dance all over the place. Sometimes I see peatiness or tobacco kiln and then the smell of a biscuit of dry tea extending to chaff. Clip the end of your cigar and watch..... the rest will come. I think Tempranillo's charm is on the palate; it is tarry with gravelly tannin. The mouth feels even and chalky, a perfect complement in the savoury arena."
Samuels Gorge Wines, July 2011
Country:
Australia
Region:
SA- McLaren Vale
Variety:
Wine Red - Tempranillo
Size:
750mL
