Australia
Back Pocket Wines Castanets 2007
The Granite Belt region in Queensland seems to have had quite a few acres of Tempranillo planted over the past 5 or so years. This wine is made from 5 year old vines in the joven style, with partial carbonic maceration. The vines are D8V12 clone, which is a UC Davis clone and seems to be the main [...]
Mr. Riggs Tempranillo 2005
The Adelaide Hills region is producing some outstanding Tempranillo based wines. I liked the 2004 edition of this wine, but the 05 is a step up again. I can't tell if its the vines getting older, a good season in 2005 or different wine making, but Mr. Riggs has made a very good tempranillo [...]
Pindarie Bar Rossa 2006
Anthony at Baccaccio Cellars put this aside for me months ago. Luckily he runs a booze shop and isn't hard pressed to find something to take home to drink with dinner.
Its been in the press a bit this wine, and it deserves it. An unusual blend of 70% Tempranillo, 25% Sangiovese and 5% [...]
Pondalowie Vineyard Blend 2004
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 [...]
Samuel’s Gorge Tempranillo 2005
Mclaren Vale is well known for lush, full wines with loads of tannin and fruit. This one is no exception. It's not over the top however, quite subtle in flavor actually. There is no new oak treatment, and the wine is all the better for it. This is the second release of Tempranillo for this [...]
Mount Majura Tempranillo 2003
I've heard a lot about the Tempranillo produced by the crew at Mount Majura, all very good things of course. The Canberra region is very similar in climate to Rioja Alta, 600-700 meters in elevation, warm enough to get the grapes ripe but very much cool climate. Even the soil types are similar, clay loam with [...]
Nepenthe Tempranillo 2004
The more tempranillo based wines I see from the Adelaide Hills, the more I think it is an ideal location for producing Rioja style wines. This is the forth release of tempranillo by the chaps at Nepenthe and they seem to have nailed it.
One thing I have noticed with many of the Australian tempranillo [...]
Delatite Tempranillo 2004
Delatite seem to like walking on a slightly different path, they use a host of 'non-standard' varieties and are perhaps known best for their Dead Man's Hill Gewurztraminer. So it's good to see them branching out with a Tempranillo as well.
This wine is made from grapes grown about 30Kms north of Mansfield in Victoria. [...]
Yendah Tempranillo 2005
Yendah is made by those enterprising people at Casella wines (yes, the people who make [yellow tail]). The Yendah range seems to be based of Mediterranean varieties and the wines are made to be food friendly.
The nose opens up with dark cherry and a fair bit of chary, vanilla oak and tobacco. Very easy [...]
Stella Bella Tempranillo 2004
I've been meaning to get a bottle of this wine for some time now, it won a gold medal at the World International Tempranillo Competition 2005 and had a few wine writers bellowing about the future of Tempranillo in Margaret River. Now I've had a taste I can see why, it is the most compelling [...]
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