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• RBurgundy99 wrote: 92 points

  April 11, 2020 - A terrific surprise. Not at all what I expected (blind tasted I would have guessed a Grenache), butnif this is how they do mataro/mourvedre in Australia I clearly need to pay more attention. Floral and red fruit on the nose and the palate, with hints at the kind of savoury notes one might expect, but just hints. Even the colour is Grenache-esque, being quite light. Intriguing all around, and more importantly, delicious.

• chatters wrote:

  February 8, 2019 - On the nose it's all red berries and savoury, almost peppery, spice. In the mouth it's a little thin and not overtly structured but it's freshly acidic. The spice more to the fore on the palate and tt has a thirst quenching quality that I find pleasing.

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• Cabernetdialectic Likes this wine: 90 points

  October 24, 2018 - Major points for the label. This is a 2015 Adelina Wines Mataro, the name used in Portugal for Mourvèdre... So naturally this hails from the Clare Valley, Australia, a region much better known for Riesling. This is quite nuts: Mourvèdre is notorious for needing a lot of heat to ripen, and Clare is known for aromatic whites precisely because of its cooler weather (at least in the Aussie context). How can this work? Well, it does. The style is lighter, almost a Beaujolais-like hue with a bright fruity nose to match. The vines are 80 years old, and the grapes spend 97 days on skins! The wine sees neutral wood for 12 months. The wine is not particularly meaty, as are many classic hot climate Mourvèdres. However, the varietal character is a slam dunk: blackberry, blueberry, black plums, bramble/dewberry, and some herbal notes that recall pipe tobacco and black liquorice. Although the wine is fruity, the black liquorice note, somewhere between anise seeds and salted Dutch candy, is hugely prominent and makes you realize that you are NOT in fact drinking Beaujolais. There is some red fruit in here too, again plums and maybe a whisper of pie cherry. As I keep sniffing I get more violets, a pinch of black pepper, potting soil, a curious and increasingly salient confected cacao note like instant hot chocolate mix. Medium acidity with round, powdery, ripe tannins. This is not underripe like you might worry. In fact, I feel the fruits are flashing some Mediterranean flair. Hey, Clare can do Shiraz rather well, and apparently this style of Mourvèdre ain’t such a stretch.

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• Bearbus wrote:

  December 16, 2017 - With the subtle style of Adelina, this Mourvedre is very restrained, and an interesting expression/interpretation of the grape: cherry, some blackcurrant, woody spices (clove/nutmeg/pepper), charred leaves. Good acidity, gentle astringency, bursting bery fruit, good drive through the palate, reasonable length. Doesn't wow the palate but it's good

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• Vintage 2015
• Type Red
• Producer Adelina
• Varietal Mataro
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Australia
• Region South Australia
• SubRegion Mount Lofty Ranges
• Appellation Clare Valley

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