Stunning Blend of Portuguese Varieties from the home Warre's, Dow's and Cockburn's! If they can't make a decent wine red wine from Port grape varieties no one can!
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If you love Yarra Yering’s Dry Red No.3 then this will take you to a happy place and at 1/4th the price! Made from three of the classic Port Varieties Tinta Barroca, Tinta Roriz (Tempranillo) and Touriga France. In such a climate, table wine could easily end up over ripe. The Altano guy’s have made a wonderfully fresh, perfumed and lush wine. It’s the kind of read you can devour every day of the week.
VINEYARD: “Colonnello” vineyard, in Bussia (Monforte d’Alba). NOTES: the vineyard “Colonnello” is about 40-45 years old and, to maintain it, the vines are replanted from time to time. The main variety of Nebbiolo is Michet and its rootstock is 420 A.
AP Birks Wendouree Cellars produce some of the very few wines I’ll buy without tasting! The wines are something special. A celebration of an incredible old vineyard with plantings from the late 1800s. Tony & Lita are custodians of something truly special!
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