Riverland Montepulciano

Medium to dark Ruby. Dried meat and cherry, very savoury on the nose, earthy. Medium weight palate shows the same savoury earthy notes with red cherry. Great balance - nothing stands out overly. A good new world rendition of Montepuliciano with fruit from the Riverland in Australia but made at Bellwether In Coonawarra. A great accompaniment to homemade Pizza.

Immediately you can smell and taste this wine’s youth. Bright red cherries - earthy and mineral. Medium bodied with soft tannins. Wine is made by Sue Bell from Bellwether in Coonawarra but the fruit is from the Riverland. Barb and I helped make this at vintage when we spent a week of vintage in April 2021. Really pleased how this turned out. Only 120 dozen made.

From the warm Riverland area this is a very tasty Monte. Fresh and spicy. Smooth tannins with a slippery mouthfeel. A great bistro wine to serve by the glass. Postscript: The ultimate Pizza Wine.

Revisiting 2 years on.
An awesome wine and worthy of a Friday night tipple.
It’s been a good wine day.

This Monte is next level.
Again with the texture and savouriness.
The fruit is all up in the backseat yelling at the driver.