This was a pleasant experience. Genuine article here, boxes of wine as you walk in the barn that acts as the cellar door. You fell that you are on a real farm. Get on with your tasting, select your wines, pay and move on. Not that the host won’t start talking if you are interested. Only four wines on offer but rippers they are. Already aged and reasonably priced, it would be hard to go past this little selection for the combination of value and quality. The Cab Sav is a delightful cool climate type, which, despite an obvious love for the more popular Cab Sav regions, I quite like. I’ve come across a few good cool climate Cab Savs now, in Tasmania and on the Peninsula and although they are definitely not a replacement for the traditional heavy red, I like to keep a few, treating them almost like a different grape, certainly a different style. They make for an interesting flavour to savour on their own or to join with light savoury foods, home cooked pies for instance or a meaty salad. The Shiraz is simply stunning. That rare combination of strength with finesse, multiplicity of distinct flavours flowing beautifully together with great length. Subtle but long and strong. A beauty. And the Chardonnay is another one to take home and drink. Often. These wines have been aged so are ready to drink. Don’t store them, drink them. The Pinot Noir didn’t grab me when I was there but it wouldn’t surprise me in the least if it did during a future vintage. I hope this winery keeps going for a long time so I can pluck its produce to add to the backbone of my home cupboard collection for many years to come.
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