Category Archives: Mourvèdre/Mataró

Vale WWEI: Prepare to Meet Your Maker

Posted on September 9, 2012 by Jeremy Pringle

Vale interloper Gods listen. Or at least that’s the conclusion I came to at the end of a three-day junket in McLaren Vale earlier in July. To begin with, I kind of muscled my way into the Queensland “Meet Your … Continue reading →

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2010 Esperanza Monastrell

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Jeremy Pringle

So this is what the guys and girls at Wirra Wirra get up to in their ‘down-time’? The fruit is sourced from David Paxton’s Mataro block in McLaren Vale. Not much in the way of reduction here; it’s mostly about … Continue reading →

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2010 Tscharke Barossa Grounds Marananga Stonewell Vineyard Mataro

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Jeremy Pringle

The Marananga region is in the north-west of the Barossa Valley, sort of between Tanunda and Moppa. These are new look labels for Tscharke (I think they replace the old Glaymonds) and they’re clearly designed to give attention to the different terroirs of the … Continue reading →

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2010 Chapel Hill Mourvèdre

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Jeremy Pringle

A bold Mourvèdre from Chapel Hill; it’s full bodied but shapely thanks to the vice like grip of the variety’s tannins. It takes a little air for that constriction to take place but once it does it’s a perfect blend of hedonism … Continue reading →

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2011 Bespoke Bros. Heathcote Rosé

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Jeremy Pringle

This rather spiffing wine is made by writer Nick Stock in collaboration with Gilles Lapalus of Sutton Grange fame. It’s Mourvèdre based and definitively pale in the glass. Reminiscent of the famous Domaine Tempier Rosés of Bandol – not just in … Continue reading →

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2010 Teusner The Dog Strangler Mataro

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Jeremy Pringle

Barossa 14.5% Screwcap $25 Teusner’s The Dog Strangler Mataro is a wine whose release I eagerly await each year. It’s an affordable and widely available example of a variety that has a clear role in the future of Australian wine … Continue reading →

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2008 Teusner The Dog Strangler Mataro

Posted on September 4, 2010 by Jeremy Pringle

Barossa 14.5% Screwcap $23.75 Source: Retail I was really excited to come across this at Dan Murphy’s. Why? Well, it’s still considered an “alternative” variety & I believe such grapes are an important part of the future of Australian wine. I don’t care much … Continue reading →

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2006 Teusner The Astral Series Moppa Mataro

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Jeremy Pringle

Barossa 14.5% Cork $98 Source- Winery This comes in a big black monolith of a bottle which reminds me of the obelisk in Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey”. Rather fitting as we decided that if we manage to procure another … Continue reading →

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2007 Boireann Mourvèdre

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Jeremy Pringle

Granite Belt 15% Diam $25- Tasted 20-21/9/09 I really, really wanted to like this wine. Peter Stark at Boireann makes terrific reds, the best on the Granite Belt. But in 2007, frost took out his fruit. It’s interesting to note … Continue reading →

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