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Tendance Shiraz 2019 is our Aphelion take on the workhorse of McLaren Vale - Shiraz.
Tending more Rhone in style, Rob seeks out elegance, aromatics, spice and savouriness.
Variety:
Shiraz from two bordering vineyards on McMurtrie Road in the heart of McLaren Vale.
Summary:
A fruit forward wine with good structure and balance showing a finesse that McLaren Vale Shiraz rarely displays.
Tasting Note:
Inky purple with a deep core, violets, brambles and mulberries combine with wood spice on the nose and palate. Savoury notes of olive, cracked coffee, cedar and green herbs add complexity. The wine displays good length on the palate and a supple texture in its medium to full bodied frame.
Goes With Food:
The structure of the wine will work well with red meat dishes – venison and roasted vegetables would be a particularly good match.
Goes With Cheese:
An aged gouda (especially a lightly smoked version) will complement both the fruity and savoury aspects of this Shiraz.
Goes With Music:
Radiohead – Pyramid Song.
Goes With Life:
Bring this one out when main course is served – it won’t shy away from medium to full bodied dishes.
Serve At:
18 degrees Celsius.
When to Drink:
Ready to drink now, but will continue evolving through to 2035.
Vineyard:
Single cordon trellising and careful hand pruning resulted in low yields and intense flavour in the fruit.
Winemaking:
The two vineyards were picked a week apart in mid-March. The first vineyard’s fruit was destemmed and fermented to dryness before being gently pressed and sent to neutral French oak to mature. The second vineyard was fermented in two batches; one was pressed to a brand-new Dominique Laurent French oak 600L puncheon, the second was kept on skins for four months to impart savoury complexity before pressing to large format (600L) French oak. The parcels were blended prior to bottling in November 2019.
Unfiltered
Unfined
Vegan
<100ppm Sulphur
Production:
300 dozen produced under screwcap.
Accolades:
92 points Nick Stock JamesSuckling.com
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The Welkin Clairette By Aphelion 2021 is part of our special Welkin range of vibrant, early release, ready to enjoy, but delightfully complex wines.
Our first release since 2017. A very special wine to us from our daughter's namesake variety.
A wine of delicacy, floral fragrance, and crystalline purity.
Goes With Food: A great pairing with kingfish ceviche, the delicacy of both the food and wine match perfectly.
Goes With Cheese: Gruyere will not overwhelm the wine and the slight sweetness will complement the subtly of the Clairette.
Goes With Music: Pink Floyd - Echoes.
Goes With Life: Light and aromatic, this wine is perfect as an aperitif to start the evening.
Serve At: 10-12 degrees Celsius.
When to Drink: Ready to drink now but will cellar well over the next 3 to 5 years.
ABV%: 11%
Vineyard: Sourced from the organic & biodynamic Yangarra vineyard near Kangarilla in McLaren Vale.
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The Welkin Rosè By Aphelion 2022 is part of our special Welkin range of vibrant, early release, ready to enjoy, but delightfully complex wines.
Made from premium McLaren Vale Mataro.
Elegant. Dry. Spiced.
A beautiful salmon-orange colour.
Aromatics of fresh flowers and just ripe strawberries jump out of the glass.
Blood orange, grapefruit and cranberry characters mingle on to the palate with fresh
acidity keeping the wine lively and vibrant.
A tickle of tannin adds our signature savoury edge and provides good palate length.
Goes With Food: Lightly spiced Thai based seafood dishes.
Goes With Cheese: Fresh burrata matches the body of the wine.
Goes With Music: Grinderman – Palaces of Montezuma.
Goes With Life: Fruit driven and energetic, chilled down this wine is a perfect choice when the weather turns warm.
Vegan
Serve At: 10-12 degrees Celsius.
When to Drink: Ready to drink now.
ABV%: 12.9%
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Truly unique.
The only one of it's kind (that we are aware of).
Early release Sagrantino (60%) to capture the vibrant violet and blueberry aromas.
Spicy, savoury Mataro to fill in between the tannin and acid of the Sagrantino.
Result?
Bright, fresh, pretty aromatics and juicy purple & blue fruit with a fair whack of nuanced spice followed by that cheek drying tannin that we love Sagrantino for.
Goes With Food: Slow roasted lamb shoulder balances with the tannin in
the wine.
Goes With Cheese: Aged Parmesan complements the spicy characters
of the wine.
Goes With Music: Audioslave - Cochise.
Goes With Life: Bring this one out when the main course is served – BYO
it to your favourite Italian restaurant and you’ll be rewarded!
Serve At: 16-18 degrees Celsius.
Unfiltered
Unfined
Vegan
<100ppm Sulphur
When to Drink: Ready to drink now but will soften over the next few years
and become even more approachable.
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