Saturday, December 22, 2012

2011 Tinta by KT Tempranillo

I bought this Tempranillo at my local cellars, Clunes, NSW, the selection for which is developed by the eclectic (probably iconoclastic) Jared, the winemaker at the Clunes Cellar, the one with the great judgement skills. KY is Kerri Thompson, and the Temp is smooth as. It is ruby red in colour. There's toasted almonds and some peanut on the nose, with just a drift of deep red rose. On the palate it is so smooth it's hard to believe your drinking a Spanish grape. It would be good ... well, just about any time, with anything. You'd be happy to pay the $23.99 I did for this elegance, this understatement, this enviable wise and knowing sense of balance. You have to search a little for the credentials on the side of the single label that's  a cross between a Rubik's cube and a 1970's advert of differently neon-coloured spots. But the wine is so good, you overlook anything, and even begin to think it's high-art design.It's such a good wine, when you see it (and you've never tried it), buy it and drink it.

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