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2020 Chalmers Bush Vine Negroamaro
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Hand-picked fruit, destemmed, open fermented with wild yeast, left 35 days on skins. What was once a 'project' wine to test the limits of dry growing, makes it to the big time, both literally and figuratively. It makes an immediately impressive impact on the palate and in its dense colour and generosity. With ripeness turned up, it goes on the excite in vibrant plum, blackberry pastille, prune and licorice. Tannins remain firm while the palate runs long in black fruits, exotic spice with an upfront, earthy honesty. The grape of Puglia makes a big quality statement in Australia. Drink by 2027.
95 Points
Jeni Port - James Halliday's Wine Companion (February 2022)
This is from the same vineyard project as the brilliant Inzolia. One thing I should have acknowledged in that earlier review is the label design. It’s a summer/winter representation of the vineyard. You can’t drink the label but this is a noteworthy one.
A sweet core of jubey fruit has this singing from the outset. It comes across as pretty simple, because of that open and obvious fruit, and it’s only as its breathes that you see the dry, earthen tannin, the floral top notes and the whoosh of fresh/sweet/aromatic herbs. Drinking it is pure pleasure. Drink 2022 - 2025.
91 Points
Campbell Mattinson - The Wine Front (June 2022)