Taylors Estate Tempranillo 2016
$1399each
$167DOZEN
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Fruit Tempranillo
Regions Wrattonbully Clare
  South Australia
Each $13.99
$167.00
Currently out of stock
Clare Valley is renowned for its world class varietal wines, consistently yielding harvests of extraordinary quality. Taylors know that great vintages can only come from great vineyards, their dedication to the land over the course of several decades has established an endowment of the finest sites in Valley Clare. Suitably placed to collate the most splendid harvests of the torrid Tempranillo, the Taylor's team employ a combination of old and new world vinification techniques to achieve a savoury, cherry flavoured wine with silky textures and lingering, fruit filled finish.
Taylor's Clare Valley vineyards are a short scenic drive north of Adelaide, the family's wines are recognized internationally for their elegance and exemplary varietal charm. Exclusively estate grown Tempranillo is harvested to a timetable determined by complete physiological ripeness. A component is cold soaked for several days at 5C prior to being inoculated, fermented and pressed to seasoned French oak hogsheads. Another parcel is vinified until mid ferment then pressed to barrel for completion. The balance is treated to traditional open fermenters and pressed to barrel for malolactic. Batches are matured several months in a selection of prior use French oak hogsheads before assemblage.
TASTING NOTES
Ruby red with vibrant purple hue. Maraschino cherry fruit characteristics to the bouquet with hints of vanilla bean, underlying subtle cigar box and spicy oak aromas. Medium bodied with flavours of cherry, plums and subtle raspberry along with well integrated savoury French oak. Soft and silky texture on the mid palate before a long, persistent finish. The wine of choice to accompany tapas, antipasto and ripe, bitey cheddar.
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About the Taylors Winery
Situated at the very heart of South Australia’s beautiful Clare Valley, Taylors has become one of Australia’s best loved and most trusted wineries
The tale of Taylors winemaking goes back a few years – three generations in fact, and all began with Bill Taylor Senior, and his love of a certain Bordeaux wine. Originally wine merchants in Sydney, a passion for wine was all part of being a Taylor, and in particular, for the famous French Clarets such as Chateau Mouton Rothschild in Bordeaux’s Medoc region. It was this long held fascination for these wines which inspired the family’s foray into winemaking, and provides the inspiration and winemaking philosophy behind all Taylors winemaking today – to produce premium wines of exceptional and comparable quality in Australia. Taylors»