2023 Regional Tempranillo
2023 Regional Tempranillo
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Vendor Millbrook

2023 Regional Tempranillo

Regular price: $25.00
Club price: $21.00
$21.00
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Why you'll love this wine

Have you tried this delicious alternative varietal yet? Although Tempranillo is still a relatively unknown wine in Australia, this native Spanish variety has seen a huge increase in vineyard area since it was first planted in 1994. Australia is now home to approximately 10% of all Tempranillo plantings around the world! 

Millbrook Winemaker Emma Gillespie takes a hands-off winemaking approach when it comes to this wine and said: "Tempranillo offers more expressive fruit characters and a medium-bodied structure ... It’s important to let the grapes speak for themselves and to respect what is going to be reflected in the wine from the vineyard.

“The aim is to have a shorter time fermenting on skins, and then to press to seasoned oak, producing a fruit-driven, lightly framed wine.”

Emma said one of her favourite things about Tempranillo is its food-friendly nature. She suggested some of her favourite foods and said: “pizza, rabbit stew with polenta or lighter meals like tapas." Yum!

Tasting Notes

colour

Vibrant ruby hue.

aroma

Dark forest fruits and plums with an underlying hint of spice and violet florals.

palate

The wine is medium-bodied with amazing varietal characteristics of bramble, berries and fresh ground nutmeg. The fruit flavours and juicy, sumptuous and linger on the palate, drawn long by succulent tannins.

cellaring

Drinking beautifully now and will continue to do so for the next five years.

Technical

vintage

The Geographe grape harvest in 2023 was one of the earliest for grape growing, with warm and dry conditions in summer. This allowed for excellent ripening conditions, where achieving an optimal pick ensured balanced, natural acidity.   

winemaking

The fruit came into the winery on a cool morning, destemmed into stainless fermenters and cold soaked for 24 hours to promote retention of freshness and bright fruit expression. After primary fermentation on skins and pressing to tank. The wine was aged in seasoned French puncheons for 12 months before being blended for bottling.

region

Geographe, WA 

variety

Tempranillo 

analysis

  • Alcohol: 14.5%
  • pH: 3.63
  • Acidity (TA): 5.80 g/L

Food Pairings

Millbrook Head Chef recommends trying this wine with fresh Australian seafood and said, “charred octopus, chorizo, and pickled vegetables” would be a winning dish with this Tempranillo.

Millbrook Head Chef recommends trying this wine with fresh Australian seafood and said, “charred octopus, chorizo, and pickled vegetables” would be a winning dish with this Tempranillo.

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