It Starts With A Grape

I wish i could tell you what exactly went into making this delightful blend, but apparently the wine makers, Davey Family Wines, don’t want anyone to know. I know this because I have now spent upwards of five hours trying to find out. None the less, it is quite the vivacious red. It has a super fragrant nose of deep jammy berries, and ample oak, with just a flutter of warm vanilla. This deep and full-bodied red delivers huge fruit flavors including black cherry, and jammy blackberry, with deep rich cassis, and if you look for it, there are hints of black olives. If its a good bang for your buck your after , this ‘in your face’ red is it. It was a bit tannic at first, so letting it breath a bit is recommended, there is so much flavor packed into this wine its almost hard to know what to do with it! If your going to pair it with food, only a full flavored, heavy dish will suffice. As for cheese, Manchego or another pungent cheese would be a mice match. All in all, its super tasty, but only for the bold.

Because this wine is of Australian origin, i expected it to be a big, juicy, fruit bomb. Well, I was wrong. It has a delicate nose consisting of subtle oak, licorice, hints of clove, and fresh blackberry. If I’m not mistaken, there’s also a bit of freshly cut green pepper in there to. Its good and spicy on the palate, and there’s a balance of oak and vegetation that is very distinct to this wine. Though fairly light in body, it has a rather flavorful finish. As far as easy drinking reds go, this ones a winner. Thoughts on food, chicken chili comes to mind. Also, (something i thought was pretty interesting), the label for this wine is actually a work of art by the artist Mel Kadel. From what i understand there are a couple different labels that go along with this wine, and it was actually named after Mel’s artwork! Pretty nifty if you ask me.