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(Lisa Perrotti-Brown - eRobertParker.com #199 - Feb 2012 )
About this WINE
Turkey Flat Vineyards
Turkey Flat Vineyards is a wine estate located in Barossa Valley in Australia. It was here, on the banks of Tanunda Creek where bush turkeys once roamed, that pioneer Silesian settler Johann Friedrich August Fiedler planted the first vines in 1847.
The vineyard was purchased by the Schulz family in 1860 and is still owned by the family today. It yields very small quantities of intense, concentrated Shiraz and is the cornerstone of Turkey Flat vineyards.
The eclectic range of wines – including a rare unblended Mourvèdre, Pedro Ximénez fortified wine, and an ‘air-dried’ Marsanne (The Last Straw) - are produced in very small quantities. The reds are made using only French oak and are made in an elegant and restrained style.
Turkey Flat Rosé is widely touted as Australia’s best and is widely lauded by wine critics. This rosé is one of the only Rosé producers to own dedicated Rosé vineyards.
Mourvèdre
Mourvèdre, aka Monastrell in Spain, is a common blending partner of Syrah and Grenache (aka Garnacha in Spain). In Australia and California it can also appear under the name Mataro.
Mourvèdre's bastion in France is Bandol, where it reigns supreme in the red blends and yielding a savoury, gamey, herby wine. It also commonly features in Southern Rhône, Languedoc & Rousillon blends.
The grape needs a warm climate to ripen fully. Its stronghold in Spain are the appellations along the south-east Mediterranean(Murcia, Jumilla, Bullas), where it produces rosé, dry red and sweet fortified wines. Monastrell has played a significant part in Spain’s vinous heritage; it nurtures wines that are deep in colour and richly tannic, sometimes overbearing in their intensity and concentration
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Morvedre is an unusual wine grape to be used on its own in Australia as it is usually blended with Shiraz, but it works wonders in this wine by Turkey Flat, as it adapts effectively to the hot Barossa climate, producing masses of sweet ripeness to offset its natural tannic, brooding character.
The grapes for this wine are macerated for 12 days, during which time the alcoholic fermentation takes place, before going into a combination of French oak barrels and larger oak casks for 12 months before bottling. A key attribute to the Turkey Flat wines’ reputation is the age of their vines, which imbues the wines with concentration and texture.
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