2018 Penfolds, Cellar Reserve Tempranillo, McLaren Valley, 6x75cl*

GRAPE VARIETIES: 

100% Tempranillo

SKU: 

XXXX

PRODUCER: 

Penfolds

REGION: 

Australia / Barossa Valley

ALCOHOL CONTENT: 

14.50% 

FOOD MATCHING NOTE: 

NA

TASTING NOTE: 

An initial ascent of cold/used tea-leaf and new buck leather.Varietal cues are unlocked from their holding-pattern - tomato paste, anchovy, olive oil, and hints of sarsaparilla, brine. Medium-bodied. Flavours akin to earthy roasted vegetables –parsnip/turnip/pumpkin, replete with crab apple jelly & quince paste. Not to forget an omnipresent savoury disposition –nurtured via the presence of bayleaf, fennel & Sicilian olive characters

*Available only under request