Heirloom Vineyards Adelaide Hills Tempranillo 2023 x 12
2022 ADELAIDE HILLS TEMPRANILLO
Heirloom Vineyards was conceived in vintage 2000, when a young winemaking
student caught the eye of a silly old wine judge. A love story ensued inspired
by two vows: To preserve the best of tradition, the old world of wine and
our unique old vineyards and to champion the best clones of each variety
planted in the most appropriate sites embracing the principals of organic
and biodynamic farming. Seven long vintages of trial and error passed before
Heirloom Vineyards could make a wine that was fine enough to pass on to
future generations. That is this wine.
This Heirloom Vineyards Tempranillo was made from our best Adelaide Hills
Vineyard in Birdwood whose manicured old vines embody the very best in
cutting edge, but old school viticulture and winemaking. Hand tended vines,
sorted bunch by bunch with 30% whole bunches, naturally open fermented,
basket-pressed and stored in well seasoned French oak barriques from
bespoke coopers for 9 months before bottling.
OUR WINE NOTES
Tempranillo can be a simple sip or a symphony of the senses, a moment of
pleasure or an eternity of contemplation. Only the poet can know, so stop
thinking and surrender.
COLOUR
Purple-black with a clear rim-edge. Bright and vivid.
AROMA
Red berries of late Summer, rosewater, geranium, and violet flowers. The
aromatics are primary, with very little if only understated oak odours in the
back stalls. Herbs both fresh and dried, and some wild strawberries. Here is a
just-ripe and savoury aromatic profile, that hints rather than screams, but is
nevertheless unmissable.
PALATE
Clean and bright flavours of black and dark berries, and the creamy palate
texture of gently ripe, cool-climate tempranillo grapes. Yet the palate’s true
signature is the soon-felt linear acidity, which drives the wine through your
mouth. The finish is pure harmony: the blackberry fruits and the plush texture
underscored by pillowy and present tannins meld before the fresh and clean
end of a living red wine. Too easy to drink thoughtlessly and too good to not
take time over.
OVERALL
Tempranillo does call back to its primaeval home, that being the Iberian
Peninsula. As such a robust hard-fleshed fish stew cooked with smoked
pimenton and a bare knife-point of dried chilli - and too much garlic - would
suit the wine well. Perhaps chorizo and chickpeas added, too. Tempranillo is
that sort of red wine. As unconventional as a Spanish anarchist.
Alcohol 14.0% (8.3 Standard Drinks)
WINEMAKERS Elena Brooks & Alexandra Haselich
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