Dave’s Red Wine Pack

Choosing the wines for a pack is always hard. So many choices, decision paralysis. This pack however was easy. I just walked around the shop and picked 6 wines I want to drink right now. Unsurprisingly they are all red!

Orbis Grenache /Tempranillo – Mclaren Vale, SA

Orbis just won Young gun of Wine for 2023 and all their wines are pretty great. This one is a blend of two classic Spanish varieties. Fresh, complex and spicy.

La Bollina ‘Minetta” – Piedmont Italy

A brand new vintage of an old favourite, and for good reason. A beautiful expression of Barbera, from the great wine region of Piedmont. It does an amazing job of representing the notes that you’d expected from Barbera (think plush blackberry, liquorice, spice) whilst still remaining exciting and a pleasure to drink. Great acid and dusty tannins, throw this in a glass while you’re munching on some meaty pizza.

Geologie Cabernet Sauvignon

This Cabernet Sauvignon displays beautiful rich and ripe flavours of blackcurrants, plums, spice and beautifully integrated oak. Smooth and delicious. It’s now had about 5 years to mature and is developing beautiful, velvity, silky tannins that drink like a dream.

Tornicola Negroamaro – Salento, Italy

Next I wanted something with a bit of age. If you have never had Negroamaro before it’s a pretty cool grape from the south of Italy. This wine is from 2016 and tastes a bit like old Chianti. Rich and complex with red fruits, cherry cola and spices.

Leo Italian blend, Adelaide hills, SA

This wine is named after my son Leo and is a blend of Italian varietals. Nero D’avola for body and structure, Carbonic Aglianicio for juicy, fruity mouthfeel and Dolcetto for vibrancy and freshness. This one can age for as long as you like but is drinking just lovely right now.

Lucky’s Syrah Pinot Noir, Orange NSW

This is one of the first wines we started making back when people thought we were weird for blending Shiraz and Pinot Noir (maybe they still do). Because we have been making it for a while I always seem to forget about it when there is so much flashy and new. We opened a bottle for a trade tasting the other day and it was one of my favourites so I thought I should give it a little love.

Cheers!

Dave