This is a rare beast – a 100% McLaren Vale Pinot Noir. Treated gently in the vineyard and winery, it is made like a Beaujolais – it’s a light weight luncheon wine with red fruits and a hint of strawberries on the nose; bright with a touch of spice.
Graciano is a lesser known player in Rioja in northern Spain. A medium-bodied wine with red fruit and spice on the nose, a little black pepper as well as red fruits and dried herbs on the palate.
Touriga is the anchor variety in traditional Portuguese ports, but here is a zippy medium weight style, with red fruit and black cherry on the palate. It finishes with great length too.
An exotic Iberian blend – Touriga from Portugal and Graciano from Spain (Rioja) and Shiraz from God’s country, McLaren Vale. ‘Heretic’ is super bright and lively with hints of red fruits and bergamot on the nose. It is a mid-weight wine, showing blue fruits on the palate. It is an incredibly lively wine with long, light, fine and bright tannins and a freshness on the finish which is delicious.
‘Puritan’ is young, fresh, unoaked and preservative free. We pick it young, ferment it in open vats and bottle it immediately once it has finished fermentation. Puritan is fresh and juicy with notes of red and black berries. Vibrant and delicious.
Scarlet Runner Shiraz exhibits all the hallmarks of the finest McLaren Vale Shiraz: a bright nose of berry and spice, a wonderful structured palate and a long satisfying finish.
This is the Bosworth anchor wine - rich and full, red and black fruits on the nose, savoury with delicious oak characters. Balanced, medium to full-bodied and classic McLaren Vale
Red and blue fruits on the nose plus a hint of pepper and spice, too. A mouth-filling and medium-bodied wine with a balanced palate and great structure and length.
Ding’s shows spicy red fruits with a whiff of herbal notes. There are black fruits and yet more red fruits on the palate. The wine finishes with excellent length and persistence. It is also a very fresh and expressive wine.
