2020 Hewitson, Baby Bush Mourvèdre, Barossa Valley, Australia

2020 Hewitson, Baby Bush Mourvèdre, Barossa Valley, Australia

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2020 Hewitson, Baby Bush Mourvèdre, Barossa Valley, Australia

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Description

Deep crimson. Very sweet and spicy. It's a little gamey and with lots of tannins. Not quite beautifully balanced.

Drink 2025 - 2029

Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (September 2023)

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Jancis Robinson MW15.5+/20

Deep crimson. Very sweet and spicy. It's a little gamey and with lots of tannins. Not quite beautifully balanced.

Drink 2025 - 2029

Jancis Robinson MW, JancisRobinson.com (September 2023)

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Wine Advocate90/100

This 2020 Baby Bush Mourvedre certainly hits the Mataro nail on the head: it's earthy, tannic, plush and layered with purple fruits. It's actually only medium-bodied rather than the oft expressed full-bodied iterations—a good gateway Mataro for the uninitiated.

 

Drink 2022 - 2029

Erin Larkin, Wine Advocate (July 2022)

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James Suckling92/100

Shows trademark savory characters, such as coal dust, as well as violets, blueberries and wet stones. The palate is also savory, with a rich thread of concentrated blue fruit. Sanguine finish.

Drink or hold. Screw cap.

 

James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com (November 2021)

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About this WINE

Hewitson

Hewitson

Dean Hewitson must surely rank as one of the most talented winemakers of his generation. For twenty-five years Dean has learnt his trade via Roseworthy College, Petaluma, UC Davis University C.A., Oregon, France and Italy before setting up in his own right at the well-insulated Adelaide Milk Factory on London Road on April 11th 1998. His experience abroad taught Dean the value of old vine fruit, something he took to heart as he built a 30,000 case business on Barossa Shiraz, Grenache, Mourvedre as well as McLaren Vale Shiraz, Eden Valley Riesling and Victorian Viognier.

Ten years on sees Dean consolidating his success as he finally puts his roots down at No.1 Seppeltsfield Rd, Dorrien, in the heart of Barossa Valley. Building has begun on a new red wine cuverie while the estate's 50 year Semillon vines on the banks of the Para River have already been grafted over to Mourvedre. Dean has also recently purchased a forty-two year Grenache vineyard in the Barossa Valley and a Sauvignon Blanc site among the Adelaide Hills.

In the meantime Dean continues to source fruit from up and down the rich terra-rossa Barossa Valley, notably from the Old Garden Mourvedre bushvine site planted in 1853 and the Three Corner Grenache, Rawlands Flat vineyard dating back to 1890. He has made it his life's work to propogate the next generation of these fabulously old, living monuments by grafting their buds onto 30 yo rootstock. Dean uses opentop stainless-steel fermentors before careful lees elevage in french oak barrels.

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Mourvèdre

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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