David Franz Waxing Lyrical Mataro 2019
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Bright cherry red. Spicy bright red berry fruits over black currants and violets curled seductively around a core of well tanned leather chaps. Round summer red and black fruit interwoven with spicy varietals and great acid balance. Light grippy tannins balance the fruit while firm acid cleanses the mouth for the next sip. It's a complex and lithe wine that displays the wonderful potential in this variety and aromatic lightness sometimes missing in wines from the Barossa.
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A firecracker of dried herbs and spices such as mint, thyme and cracked pepper sits atop currant and cherry cordial notes, with a slight meatiness in the mix. There’s lovely freshness, sweet, juicy fruit on the (dry) palate and a soft line of ripe tannins. A characterful expression of this variety that shows some bottle age and plenty of drinkability.
Full of ripe fruit, and robust, earthy goodness, Mourvèdre is actually of Spanish provenance, where it still goes by the name Monastrell or Mataro. It is better associated however, with the Red Blends of the Rhône, namely Chateauneuf-du-Pape. Mourvèdre shines on its own in Bandol and is popular both as a single varietal wine in blends in the New World regions of Australia, California and Washington. Somm Secret—While Mourvèdre has been in California for many years, it didn’t gain momentum until the 1980s when a group of California winemakers inspired by the wines of the Rhône Valley finally began to renew a focus on it.
The Barossa Zone encompasses the Barossa Valley and Eden Valley. Some of the oldest vines in Australia can be found here.
Barossa Valley of course is the most important and famous wine growing region in all of Australia where 140+ year-old, dry-farmed Shiraz vines still produce inky, purple and dense juice for some of Australia's best wines.
In the cooler, wetter Eden Valley sub-region, the Hill of Grace vineyard is home to famous Shiraz vines from the 1800s but the region produces also some of Australia’s very best and age-worthy Rieslings.