Editors notes
This Durif was matured for 10 months in 1 year old American oak puncheons. Totally opaque black purple colour with black purple hue delivering Warrabilla’s trademark super saturation of colour. The nose displays excellent intensity with aromas of ripe morello cherries, liquorice, dark chocolate and vanillin spice. Massively concentrated, dense and rich the palate delivers flavours of ripe black cherries, liquorice allsorts and dark chocolate followed by some vanillin oak and spice. Slightly firmish tannins but in perfect balance to the volumes of fruit. Long aftertaste of black cherries, liquorice, dark chocolate and vanilla.
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Red Meat
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James Halliday
93"Dense, deep purple; blackberry jam, spice, earth and licorice aromas precede a mouth-coating blast of black fruits and bitter chocolate. A mere 17 degrees alcohol, drink the wine in the safety of your home."
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Australia
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Victoria
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Rutherglen
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Today, the wine region uses a variety of grapes for their wines including their famous Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains and Tokay which is used to make the famous fortified wines that Rutherglen is known for. The wines made from Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains are incomparable in depth and complexity. The wine is made by a particular winemaking process which involves a slow and oxidate barrel-ageing procedure that gives out a wide range of flavours including butterscotch, toffee, caramel, sweet spices and tea liquor.
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