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For Your Pleasure
"For your pleasure
In our present state
Part false part true
Like anything
We present ourselvesThe words we use tumble
All over your shoulder
Gravel hard and looseThere all night lying
With your dark horse hiding
Abhorring such extremes" - Bryan FerryCategories
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2012 Kirrihill Mount Lofty Montepulciano
There’s some promise with this Montepulciano from Mount Lofty. The alcohol reading is high but there are no overt signs of heat. It’s juicy upfront then dry and tannic down back. Cherries, blackberries, dusty herbs, and spice. The malty chocolate … Continue reading
2008 By Jingo Adelaide Hills Montepulciano
By Jingo winemaker John Gilbert certainly packs personality into these wines. This is overwhelmingly vinous and full of intrigue. Montepulciano is the grape in question; its spiritual home is in the Abruzzo region of east-central Italy. It smells of saddle … Continue reading