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Pondalowie Vineyard Blend 2004

By Dave Worthington ⋅ November 3, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

I have written about how good the wines being made at Pondalowie are, so I won't harp on about that.  This wine is a blend of  Cabernet, Shiraz and 20% Tempranillo and sees some time in american and french oak.  The addition of tempranillo to the classic aussie blend really works well if this wine is anything to go [...]

Pondalowie MT Tempranillo 2005

By Dave Worthington ⋅ July 30, 2006 ⋅ One comment

I thought I had the latest release with the 04MT, but those clever people at Pandalowie have already put out the 05 MT.  Of course I had to have a look at it straight away…
Quite different in style to the 04, a lot less of the cola/sarsaparilla aspects but beautiful, silky tannins that give the [...]

Pondalowie MT Tempranillo 2004

By Dave Worthington ⋅ July 20, 2006 ⋅ 4 comments

I think there is a big future for Tempranillo in Australia.  I bet this is not the first time you've heard that, but its wines like this that make you think "why aren't people planting this stuff like crazy?"  Oh yeah, that huge over-supply thing.  Regardless of all that, in 10 to 20 years time, [...]

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