The wines of Clare Valley icon Wendouree have featured on these pages on several occasions. This bottle was the first outing of the estate’s Shiraz Mataro blend. The 2001 release of this particular wine doesn’t seem to have been met with great acclaim among the cognoscenti.
If this bottle is any indication, the wine is quintessentially Wendouree, powerful but lithe in one. The Mataro makes its presence felt strongly in the form of dark cocoa powder and wet earth. Although the tannins are relatively soft, the primary fruit commands centre stage. While there is plenty to enjoy here and now, further bottle age should see this wine take on considerable secondary complexity.
2001 WENDOUREE SHIRAZ MATARO
Producer: Wendouree
Variety: Shiraz, Mourvedre
Region: Clare Valley, South Australia
ABV: 11.9%
Closure: Natural cork
Retail Price: N/a
Date tasted: 17 September 2016
Tasting Note:
Deep crimson. Bold nose of dark cocoa, wet earth, liquorice and toasted fennel seeds. Full bodied, round tannins. Still very primary, dark fruits entwined with cocoa powder, earthy nose. Muscular, but with some degree of finesse. Leave for a few years as secondary characters should lend more complexity.
Score: 16.5+/20
If this bottle is any indication, the wine is quintessentially Wendouree, powerful but lithe in one. The Mataro makes its presence felt strongly in the form of dark cocoa powder and wet earth. Although the tannins are relatively soft, the primary fruit commands centre stage. While there is plenty to enjoy here and now, further bottle age should see this wine take on considerable secondary complexity.
2001 WENDOUREE SHIRAZ MATAROProducer: Wendouree
Variety: Shiraz, Mourvedre
Region: Clare Valley, South Australia
ABV: 11.9%
Closure: Natural cork
Retail Price: N/a
Date tasted: 17 September 2016
Tasting Note:
Deep crimson. Bold nose of dark cocoa, wet earth, liquorice and toasted fennel seeds. Full bodied, round tannins. Still very primary, dark fruits entwined with cocoa powder, earthy nose. Muscular, but with some degree of finesse. Leave for a few years as secondary characters should lend more complexity.
Score: 16.5+/20
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