From the Tenuta Fossa Granara area of Bardolino Doc. A mouth watering blend of Corvina 60% Rondinella, 30% & Molinara 10%. Colour
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From the Conca d' Oro Vineyards, The Groletta, De Buris. A beautiful blend of Corvina Veronese 70% Rondinella 25% Corvinone 5% Colour
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Only 1 bottle per customer. Nose: Musky smoke, mixed with crystalline saltiness & a slight bready quality (fresh baguette) acting as underpinning. Theres a real soft fruit sweetness, a little hint of turmeric & curry leaf. More direct with water, theres now some green olive & brine as well as just-mown grass. Balanced. Palate: A sweet, smoky, & minty start with some sage/heather-like quality & an oily feel. Lemon zest, salt, the sense of fresh sashimi (texture, floral touches, a hint of the sea), then comes menthol elements, dried flowers & sea lettuce. The length for a young whisky is quite amazing. Very gentle on entry with water
- this will make a substantially good Highball. As it dries, the salt crystals seem to form but there is also rich fragrant/smoky mid-palate complexity. Finish: Long, drying, some ashes. Conclusion: This is a distillery thats set up beautifully. Dont just sit back & wait, leap in now. Rating: *****
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Juveniles is a cult Parisian wine bar run by eningmatic ex-pat Englishman, Tim Johnston. Hes been in Paris more than twenty years & is a passionate promoter of the Rhone Valley & its wines, particularly individualist, quality minded producers. Dave Powell hit it off with Tim over the years, eventually making a wine exclusively for his wine bar in 1999. In keeping with Tim & Daves love of Rhone Valley varietals & the fact that they are equally at home in the Barossa, the blend constitutes old-vine Grenache, Mataro (Mourvedre) & Shiraz & was elevaged entirely in stainless steel. Fermented in single vineyard batches, assembled in tank & allowed to complete a natural malo-lactic fermentation before being bottled without filtration or fining in December 2010. Bold & seductive, this youthful, unoaked blend encapsulates all that is great in natural, pure, unseasoned wine. Its fragrance, intensity & energy are all reminiscent of freshly fermenting must, with ripe juicy flavours of blackberry, spiced cherries, minerals & Asian spices wrapped around a skeleton of fresh acidity & fine mineral laden tannins. Soft & sensuous, this wine is very drinkable already, but as with its predecessors will greatly reward those who choose to give it a few years in the cellar. ...

Juveniles is a 'cult' Parisian wine bar run by eningmatic ex-pat Englishman, Tim Johnston. He's been in Paris more than twenty years & is a passionate promoter of the Rhone Valley & it's wines, particularly individualist, quality minded producers. Dave Powell hit it off with Tim over the years, eventually making a wine exclusively for his wine bar in 1999. In keeping with Tim & Dave's love of Rhone Valley varietals & the fact that they are equally at home in the Barossa, the blend constitutes old-vine Grenache, Mataro (Mourvedre) & Shiraz & was elevaged entirely in stainless steel. Fermented in single vineyard batches, assembled in tank & allowed to complete a natural malo-lactic fermentation before being bottled without filtration or fining in December 2010. Bold & seductive, this youthful, unoaked blend encapsulates all that is great in natural, pure, unseasoned wine. Bold & seductive, this youthful, unoaked blend encapsulates all that is great in natural, pure, unseasoned wine. Its fragrance, intensity & energy are all reminiscent of freshly fermenting must, with ripe juicy flavours of blackberry, spiced cherries, minerals & Asian spices wrapped around a skeleton of fresh acidity & fine mineral laden tannins. Soft & sensuous, this wine is frightfully drinkable already, but as with its predecessors will greatly recompense those who choose to give it a few years in the cellar. ...

Inspired by the rich, luscious & mineral scented dry whites of the Rhone Valley the 2010 Steading Blanc is sourced entirely from our Descendant Vineyard on Roennfeldt Road. Fragrant aromas of acacia flowers, roasted nuts & buttered citrus are neatly balanced with underlying hints of bees wax, minerals, & chalk. The ripe, fleshy barrel fermented Marsanne gives the palate extraordinary richness whilst the Roussanne contributes it's more flinty & austere personality. The result is a seamless wine with a silken texture that can be enjoyed with anything from the sea, particularly with a rich crustacean based sauce. ...

A sweet wine at Torbreck was always going to be something slightly different & we've been tinkering away at it since 2001. Muscat Blanc a petit grains from John Nietschke's Ebeneezer vineyard is harvested in several stages to acheive different levels of ripeness, creating a myriad of potential flavours. A small ammount of spirit is added to the fermenting wine to arrest the yeasts against further acivity & raise the alcohol level to around 14 percent. The grapes are gently crushed & pressed with as little skin contact as possible to minimize the phenolic content of the wine. The primary fermentation is slow in stainless steel tanks & is arrested mid ferment by the addition of brandy spirit, retaining the grape's natural sweetness. Equally as enjoyable as an aperitif as it is with dessert, the 2009 Bothie displays beautifully fragrant aromas of fresh pine/lime, melon & lychee accompanied by extraordinary floral notes. The subtle, clean flavours of lemon sorbet, lemon tart & orange rind balance perfectly with the residual sugar creating a full, lush, round palate. The Bothie typically displays lifted aromas of rose water, honeydew melon, lime & geranium. It's a very versatile wine that can be enjoyed either at the start of a meal or nicely chilled at the end with fresh fruit, ice creams or sorbets. ...

The 2010 Steading is composed from the traditional Barossa cultivars of Grenache, Shiraz & Mataro. It has long been a favourite wine within the Torbreck stable because of the old, gnarled 'bush vines' that produce its core. Deep ruby with flickers of violet, its delicate aromas of truffle, five spice & spring flowers are supported by a rich core of licorice, saddle leather & Provencal herbs. Very ' Burgundian' in style, the palate is elegant & pure with subtle notes of crushed cherries, earth & cedar all neatly wound by a taut spine of acidity & ripe supple tannins. The 2010 Steading will continue to unfold with time in the cellar & shall provide those with the patience great enjoyment for many years to come. 64% Grenache, 18% Shiraz, 18 Mataro. ...

After a cold & rainy winter in 2016, the Barossa had one of its wettest springs on record, replenishing sub-soil moisture & setting the vineyards up for a healthy summer. Mild conditions during veraison & light rains in January & February 2017, were followed by an extended warm, dry Indian summer, creating perfect ripening conditions through to April 2017. An outstanding vintage producing bright, aromatic whites & intense, well-structured reds. The Steading has a fragrance, purity of fruit, mid-palate concentration & savoury tannin profile that makes it an exemplary wine. Vibrant aromas of violet, star anise & spice all unfold to reveal an impressive array of underlying fruit flavours. Silky, succulent dark fruits, black olive, savoury earth, liquorice & Asian spice. These complex yet elegant flavours are all neatly interwoven with a perfect balance of acidity & supple, silky tannins. The Steading will continue to develop with time in the cellar, & provide those with patience great enjoyment well into the next decade. ...

The initial aromas of black raspberries, creme de cacao & star anise yield to a fragrant core of slow roasted meats, scorched earth & olive tapenade. Full bodied & tightly structured the palate shows perfect ripeness & brooding richness along with a razor-like spine of beautifully integrated acidity & fine tannin that will greatly reward those with the patience to cellar it. ...