2025 Dune Tirari

A juicy blue to dark fruited blend with slightly sinewy tannins and a long, elegant finish.

A blend of 45% Negramaro, 30% Touriga Nacional and 25% Mataro matured for 12 months in seasoned French oak hogsheads. Deep dark red black colour with a dark red hue. A fragrant mix of liquorice, dark to black cherry and blueberry scents sail through the nostrils. Subtle dried herb, earthy incense and vanillin spices are also evident. Juicy dark cherry, liquorice, plum and blueberry fruits flood the mid weighted palate with earthy incense infusions, fresh herbs and gentle spice the undercard. Fresh with fine, slightly sinewy tannins, it finishes long and elegant with lashings of blue to dark fruit.
Drink over the next 4-5 years.
Alc. 13%

Other Reviews….
The Lloyd brothers do savoury, light- to mid-weight reds ridiculously well. Here, three varieties with no historical connection – negroamaro, mataro and touriga in roughly equal proportions – picked and fermented together; old oak for six months. It’s a Dune staple, and this is my favourite thus far. Sour black cherry, tapenade, chinotto/sarsaparilla, wild red fruits and bitter herbs, cinchona, ground cassia, black pepper and brown cardamom. It’s floral, too, in a reserved way. Pressed violets and iris. And there’s a maritime quality, iodine, kelp, surf-lashed rocks. It’s got authoritative, natural tannin, carrying the refined, sinewy, just-medium-weight fruit. Like many wines here, there’s an Italian accent, or for me at least. Such a smart offering, such a good food wine, and such stupidly good value. Drink by 2029.
95 Points
Marcus Ellis - James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion