First Drop, Full Fat Red, South Australia

Lush and juicy, with jammy berry fruits but no complexity.

Subtle ripe dark fruit on the nose. Medium bodied, smooth, delivering a bit overripe and jammy dark fruit with with gentle tannins. Nothing to get excited about. Had a glass at Bier Bier.

A blend of Montepulciano, Barbera, Shiraz, Touriga Nacional and Nebbiolo. The grapes are purchased, not estate-grown (as the winery has no own vineyards). 14,5% alcohol, 1 g/l residual sugar, 6,4 g/l acidity. Tasted blind in VV. Quite deep and somewhat opaque dark ruby red color with youthful purple hue. The ose feels very ripe and dense with brooding, jammy aromas of blackcurrant marmalade, some herbal minty tones, a little bit of developed leathery character, a hint of tarry smoke and …