Made From: Primarily estate grown fruit from Greenock and Gomersal Aromas & Flavours: Red and blue fruits, spice Drink if you Like: Grant Burge The Holy Trinity Pair With: Pumpkin & Pork Risotto, Grilled Lamb and Roast Veg Salad, Sow braised Beef Cheek Fun Fact: Every time we've been lucky enough to get this wine in it has sold like hotcakes
Low yield, high quality Grenache, Mataro and Shiraz are all employed here in a very successful homage to the great Grenache dominant blends of Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Thie is medium bodied, spiced and savoury with plenty of red and blue fruits and, as Halliday's Wine companion suggests, it is a study in fruit 'detail with an airy grace'. It is gorgeous. In spite of its age, this benefits from decanting and will continue to improve with cellaring.
Murray Street Vineyards currently farm around 130 acres at Gomersal and 90 acres at Greenock. These plantings comprise Grenache that dates as far back as the 1940s and Shiraz from the 1960s. The vast majority of fruit that finds its way into MSV bottlings is estate grown with very small parcels of fruit from other growers in the region. This fruit is bought with the intention of helping Murray Street workout if they ‘need’ to buy other vineyards in the region. Murray Street have an amazing track record on the accolade front, picking up “Most Successful Australian Exhibitor” at the Decanter World Wine Awards and "Barossa Winery of the Year" at the Melbourne International Wine & Spirits Competition. Never willing to rest on previous achievements, they have continued to invest significantly more money into improving their existing vineyards. The Murray Street Vineyards philosophy is “know the land and there’s only one way to do things, celebrate the DNA from dirt to fruit, preserve that in bottle and then get better at what we do.”
Winemaker Ben Perkins joined MSW in 2018 and oversaw the completion of the 2018 wines and began quietly steering the wines towards fruit purity and intensity. At the time, we noted that the wines offered less but higher quality oak and a surge in fruit concentration and purity. He is an excellent winemaker.
Winery
Murray Street Vineyards
Founded in 2005, Murray Street Vineyards (MSV) is set on exceptional vineyards in the Gree ...
Founded in 2005, Murray Street Vineyards (MSV) is set on exceptional vineyards in the Greenock sub region. Currently, MSV farm around 300 acres situated in the celebrated ‘Western Ridge’ of the Barossa, 130 acres in Gomersal, and 170 in Greenock. These acres hold predominantly Grenache and Shiraz vines, dating back to the 1940s and 1960s. Read Full Article
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Variety
Mourvèdre
Mourvèdre, Mataró, or Monastrell is variety of wine grape used to make both strong, dark ...
Mourvèdre, Mataró, or Monastrell is variety of wine grape used to make both strong, dark red wines and rosés. It is an international variety grown in many regions around the world.
In Australia
There are around 12 square kilometres of Mourvèdre in Australia, with the most significant plantings in South Australia and New South Wales. It is usually found in Rhone-style GSM blends of Grenache, Shiraz, Mourvèdre. It has also found its way into Australian fortified wines.
Characteristics
Mourvèdre produces tannic wines that can be high in alcohol, and is most successful in Rhone-style blends. It has a particular affinity for Grenache, softening it ... Read Full Article
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Variety
Shiraz
Shiraz (which is essentially Syrah) is a dark-skinned grape grown throughout the world and ...
Shiraz (which is essentially Syrah) is a dark-skinned grape grown throughout the world and used primarily to produce powerful red wines. Read Full Article
Located in Littlehampton in the Adelaide Hills, Honey Bang Bang delivers a fun, vibrant take on South East Asian food. The venue is owned, run and served by husband and wife team, Montie & Hailey Waraich. Their food is created from locally sourced produce, to deliver meals with flavour bangs of high quality. Their love and passion for food is evident in their food, and is perfect to be shared amongst family and friends.
This simple anchovy steak sauce is one that we use regularly in the house. What's even better is it's not just a steak sauce! Imagine (or do have it!) drizzled over tomatoes, used on top of bruschetta or over some pulled lamb and polenta - recipe coming soon!! It's quick to make and adds BAGS of flavour to many dishes.
No steak dinner would be complete without a nice big juicy red wine. Luckily for you and me, one of my good mates (Dan) works at winedirect.com.au and has hooked me up once again with a cracker. Is there anything this chap can't do - wine wise that is. There is a list WAY too long on other things.
Located in Littlehampton in the Adelaide Hills, Honey Bang Bang delivers a fun, vibrant take on South East Asian food. The venue is owned, run and served by husband and wife team, Montie & Hailey Waraich. Their food is created from locally sourced produce, to deliver meals with flavour bangs of high quality. Their love and passion for food is evident in their food, and is perfect to be shared amongst family and friends.
Founded in 2005, Murray Street Vineyards (MSV) is set on exceptional vineyards in the Greenock sub region. Currently, MSV farm around 300 acres situated in the celebrated ‘Western Ridge’ of the Barossa, 130 acres in Gomersal, and 170 in Greenock. These acres hold predominantly Grenache and Shiraz vines, dating back to the 1940s and 1960s.
Mourvèdre, Mataró, or Monastrell is variety of wine grape used to make both strong, dark red wines and rosés. It is an international variety grown in many regions around the world.
In Australia
There are around 12 square kilometres of Mourvèdre in Australia, with the most significant plantings in South Australia and New South Wales. It is usually found in Rhone-style GSM blends of Grenache, Shiraz, Mourvèdre. It has also found its way into Australian fortified wines.
Characteristics
Mourvèdre produces tannic wines that can be high in alcohol, and is most successful in Rhone-style blends. It has a particular affinity for Grenache, softening it and giving it structure. Its taste varies greatly according to area, but often has a wild, gamey or earthy flavour, with soft red fruit flavours.
