So here’s the disclaimer, “I simply love a good Tannat”. This wine is the third “Estate” Tannat I’m aware of on The Granite Belt. Fortuitously for my impassioned palate Tannat … Read more
This variety from Montefalco is different and spectacularly so. This wine is unique on The Granite Belt, no other winery has one from Estate or local GI fruit and that … Read more
Note to Self -“If your face has been overdosed with Kelvin Klein Obsession wash it before sampling wine”.
The label reads: aged in a French Oak “Cube” a “build … Read more
A deep straw colour with some golden glints and slight green hues, those skins must have been pretty ripe which you would expect from the 2018 vintage, makes me wonder … Read more
Deeply and darkly coloured at the depths and spreading to garnet red at the edges, perhaps just a little more depth of colour than most Granite Belt Tempranillos. Fragrant redolences … Read more
4382 Terroir is a collaboration between Rob Davidson from St Judes Cellar Door and Bistro at Ballandean who also manages the Rees Road Vineyard and winemaker Andy Williams from Hidden … Read more
I have encountered some opinion that Cabernet Sauvignon is a lesser variety on The Granite Belt. I do get what people mean but would add that it’s certainly not Coonawarra … Read more
Any grower on The Granite Belt will tell you that Sangiovese is the local varietal sook, often in need of attention. Consequently you won’t find a lot of Sangiovese in … Read more
For anyone unawares, The Granite Belt has a Czar not a human one but one in the form of a wine at Ridgemill Estate, in this specific instance, the Ridgemill … Read more
I would need to clarify but perhaps Granite Belt winemakers have chosen the name Ansonica instead of Inzolia because western Sicily is reasonably warm climate (Mediterranean) compared to The Granite … Read more
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