Our Wines
2011 Teroldego
$30/bt
Description
One of the rarest wines in
Australia, Teroldego has been grown on our estate since our neighbour John
Durham handed us his only 42 cuttings in 2004. Do not expect a lean
euro-styled wine here, this is an Australian expression of a classic grape that
combines the best of both worlds. The colour is remarkable, almost an
obsidian like density, with heady aromas of cherries laced with red berries and
a touch of fresh sage jumping from the glass. This leads to a full and
rich palate that has those fine tannins in abundance, but great balancing fruit
and length. This wine would age gracefully for 2-5 years in a cool cellar.
Food matches for this wine
should immediately include some wonderful Italian classics – capretto (slow
cooked baby goat), the richness of osso bucco, and the simple but delightful
lasagne. For the more creative have a go at Spanish rabbit and chick pea
stew – we can send the recipe
J
and the food match is just devine.
Sealed under screwcap to ensure the wine made by us arrives to you as we
intended it to.
Reviews
Mike Bennie, The Wine Front
“First
up, this is really enjoyable to drink. Heady aromas of cedary,
tobacco leaf, pencil shaving wood and then a belt of dark, macerated
cherry fragrance. There’s a leathery whip struck through the juicy
fruit in the palate and the wine tends to the slender, medium bodied
as fruit is tamed by dusty ropes of tannin and more wood spice. It’s
savoury with nut kernel and clove detail, but the lift of acidity
freshens and lengthens the wine. Composed, nothing frilly here,
though the drinkability speaks with an easy flow underneath the
structural, rugged, rustic feel that frames the palate. This is well
worth the investigation. Ciao!”
Rated : 93 Points
Tasted : Sep12
Alcohol : 13.8%
Price : $30
Closure : Screwcap
Drink : 2012 - 2018
The Wine Front
Technical Details
The growing season in 2011
provided a season which brought the grapes through to ripeness with a warm patch
in January and February, followed by a cooling period that ensured the grapes
were picked later in the vintage. By extending the season many red wines
in Margaret River have generated an extra fine dimension as the tannins became
wholly developed and smooth, matching in with fruit flavours that were fully
ripe. 2011 will be considered a rich and ripe vintage for red wines in the
region and may produce many long lasting and significant wines.
All the grapes were handpicked
in the cool of the morning and de-stemmed at the winery prior to the heat of the
day, preserving all the aromatics and richness of the juice. The fruit came off
in extremely good health, as nearly every bunch was picture perfect and tasted
of intense fresh cherries. This is only our second commercial Teroldego vintage
from Blue Poles, with the harvest technical data as below:
Picked 30 March 2011
2645kg
Beaumé 15.0
pH 3.47
TA 5.3 g/L
Dave Johnson and his team of
workers made an exemplary wine from our second vintage of Teroldego grapes.
Minimum handling and winemaker influence is always the order of the day when
making a Blue Poles wine and the Teroldego received just such attention.
The grapes were fermented in open top fermenters and plunged up to 4-5 times a
day to enhance colour extraction and ensuring the wine was saturated with
flavour, with ferment completed after 15 days. Stored in new and 1-2 year old
French oak barrels for 16 months, with a variety of coopers used to create the
complexity we desire, this wine has gained precision and pedigree with the
passage of time.
