About the wine
Rare small batch Carmenere
- Finding the Carmenere was extraordinary luck - the grape is as rare as hens' teeth! Then Kevin had to be very patient as the bunches ripened very slowly under the Aussie sun.
- Back in the winery on the Mornington Peninsula, the tiny batch matured in some of his best oak for twelve months to ensure the tannins were fully integrated.
- Get ready for a mouthful of ripe rasberry and spice with beautifully balanced tannin and that classy French oak finish. A rare treat from one of Australia's trailblazing winemakers.
Best before
Easily cellar for a decade plus.
Serving advice
Breathe for an hour.
Food match
Rump steak on the Weber from our Balnarring butcher; the best I've eaten!
Contains sulphites
Always check the label
Australia
Murray Darling
Carmenere
Big Red
14.0% ABV
75cl
Vegan
Vegetarian
Wine profile
Meet the winemaker - Kevin McCarthy
- Kevin's award-winning winemaking career spans decades and his success is largely thanks to his silky talents and his steely courage. Widely recognised as the founding father of Pinot Gris/Grigio in Australia, Kevin McCarthy is, and always has been, a rebel - a deadset heretic.
- Taught by the masters in Alsace, France and Collio, Italy, he's helped change the Australian wine landscape as we know it. Kevin was encouraged by his mentors to take risks, experiment and ignore fear. As a result, his first venture many years ago, the famous T’Gallant winery put the Mornington Peninsula wine region firmly on the map. It was there, in 1993, they released their first Pinot Grigio and the Aussie Pinot G revolution was underway!
- Liberated by Angels in 2013, Kevin continues along the path less travelled, inspired by winemaking experiences around the globe. For the past twenty years he's travelled Victoria and South Australia looking for special vineyards and uses premium fruit from the Mildura region as well as the Mornington Peninsula in his fabuous wines.
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