Other Reds

Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy. Poliziano Rosso di Montepulciano is a supple fruity wine for earlier drinking, with a voluptuous, textured palate, enhanced by the addition of Merlot. The finish is dry and extremely satisfying...

 

Montepulciano, Tuscany, Italy.  Poliziano Vino Nobile di Montepulciano is a structured, long-lived wine, intensely perfumed with great richness of flavour and mouth-feel. The finish is long and fine...

Valencia, Spain. 100% Tempranillo from 30+ year old vines. Handpicked, fermented in stainless steel, partially aged in French oak. Medium dry and medium bodied. Cherries and spice...

Oporto and Douro Valley, Portugal.  Brilliant, intense red with vermillion reflections. Very intense with aromas of cherries and plums. With air notes of liquorice and spice evolve. Soft and voluminous initially, soon revealing a fresh, smooth, velvety texture, with flavours which echo the nose (red fruits, blackberries, citrus and white pepper). The palate is long, dry and deliciously savoury...

Coonawarra, South Australia. Medium to deep brick red. Aged characters of tobacco, cigar box, leather and earth are apparent on the bouquet. Fine structured with soft tannin and acid backbone with intense fruit characters and hints of mint. The flavours persist into the long dry finish...

Coonawarra, South Australia. The soft approachable structure and almost perfumed fruit characters in a fine medium bodied Coonawarra dry red. The use of very tight grained, older oak has given length and complexity without dominating the plumy Merlot fruit...

Languedoc-Roussillon, France.  Deep red. Intense and complex aromas of cassis and violet with an oaky waft. Concentrated and wonderfully smooth with exceptional length...

Riverland, South Australia.  The red grapes used to make this wine are some of the standout Mediterranean varieties found planted in Australia. Ashley’s aim was to craft a wine that ‘shouted a statement’ to the world that blends of Mediterranean grape varieties grown in the Riverland would make great wines. The bullets have been shot…..now for the cannonball!

McLaren Vale, South Australia. The individual varieties were fermented separately and matured in seasoned oak to retain fruit dominance. The style of the wine is based on the mouth filling texture provided by grenache and structure and density characteristic of Shiraz and Mourvedre...