Many years ago now my wife and I designed and built our first ‘together’ home. By built, I mean we hired sub-contractor tradies to build it for us. Anyway, we knew exactly what it was going to look like when it was finished but, during the construction phase, it was quite an interesting experience. Over an extended period of time, bits and pieces would turn up on-site and, individually, they didn’t look like anything special. But, as those bits and pieces were brought together by the skilled tradesman, we ended up with a place we called home.
I found this wine to be similar. The first day I tried it, it was like bits and pieces of the character of the wine were ‘on-site’ but yet to come together as planned by the skilled winemaker. The second day however, things had taken shape and those ‘bits and pieces’ had formed into a thing of elegance, richness, beauty and completeness.
Quite aromatic thanks to dark and red fruits, a touch white pepper and spice with the oak just poking through. Heaps of fruit driven flavour when tasting it. Mainly dark berries and cherries but there’s a nice coating of plums in there too. It’s delicately spicy on an elegant, medium to full bodied palate as it finishes off nicely thanks to smooth tannins and a good dash of oak. Gee it’s a good wine! Just be patient…please.
Region: Orange, NSW Price: $50 Source: Sample thanks to Gartelmann Wines and Define Wine
Words from a Wine Glass 