Castelli Estate 'Empirica' Bush Vine Tempranillo 2018

Fruit sourced from Frankland River bush vines, arguably the only cool climate bush vine Tempranillo in Australia. The 2018 vintage was as close to perfect as has ever be seen in Western Australia. Good winter rains and mild early Spring weather allowed the vines to establish healthy canopies and well balanced fruit loads. The mild/sunny weather continued with little in the way of extremes allowing for minimal disease pressure and even ripening and flavour development. A near perfect Autumn enabled picking to occur at optimum flavour and sugar development. 

"The flow, the balance, the texture: this is tempranillo on song. In fact if you're partial to this variety then you really need to snaffle some of this. Sheets of fine tannin, a bed of red-berried fruit, a whisper of dried herbs. It's not a big wine but it doesn't need to be." 95pts - Campbell Mattinson - Wine Companion