Margan Wines 2018 Timbervines Tempranillo Graciano Shiraz (6 Bottles) Hunter Valley

by Wine and Co NSW

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Inspired by some great Spanish wines and their versatility with food, we pioneered the inter-planting (field blend) of these 3 varieties together here in the Hunter Valley in 2010. Picked at the same time and vinified together as a single wine we find the Tempranillo provides the rich fruit, Graciano gives lifted floral notes and acidity and the Shiraz provides the tannin and extra structure.

Growing Season
Low yielding, high quality, clean fruit at full ripeness was a hallmark of the excellent 2018 vintage. In 2018 this vineyard was picked in the last week of February celebrating the end of vintage and the end of working weekends!

Vineyard
The grapes are from our Timbervines Vineyard planted to red volcanic soils and cover a tiny 2 hectares. The three varieties are inter planted as a Field Blend. The challenge when making wine from a field blend is that the different varieties ripen at different stages so the art of making good wine involves balancing these ripeness’s. We enjoy the unpredictability of this and that the conditions of the vintage and the terroir will dictate the style of wine each year.

Winemaking
All three varieties were harvested and fermented together under cool conditions using cultured aromatic yeast. After fermentation the wine was placed in a mixture of new and used French and American oak barriques and puncheons where it matured for 12 months prior to bottling.

Tasting Notes
This is perfectly balanced, medium bodied wine with bright plush fruit, silky tannins and well-defined acidity which gives a long, refreshing finish. The nose has violets and black fruits and the palate has loads of forest berries, a touch of dark chocolate, soft tannins and refreshing acidity.

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About Margan Wines

We established our business, Margan in 1996 in the picturesque village of Broke, Hunter Valley which is Australia’s oldest wine region. All Margan wines are Estate Grown and made as well as certified Sustainably Farmed. Margan has been rated a five-star winery (James Halliday Wine Companion) since 2009, twice winner of the Hunter Valley Cellar Door of the Year, Viticulturist of the Year winner and NSW Tourism Hall of Fame winner in recognition of our cellar door, winery and restaurant.

We have 100 hectares of distinguished Margan vineyards, across two locations. These vineyards are planted to a mixture of 50-year-old traditional Hunter varieties and pioneering alternatives we have planted ourselves. Most of the vineyards are planted on the unique soil of the Fordwich Sill providing our wines with their special sense of place. We make all our wines onsite at our Broke based winery with annual production around 25,000 cases. You can try all our wines at our beautiful rammed earth cellar door where we have structured tastings, including new releases as well as aged and museum wines.

Margan Restaurant offers acclaimed agri-dining and is regionally awarded for its focus on estate grown produce. We planted our Kitchen Garden in 2007 and this has expanded to now be more than a hectare. Over the years we have added an orchard, olive groves, estate reared lambs, bees, and free-range chickens. Our menus are created around what we harvest from our property to maintain a truly local and seasonal focus. Margan Restaurant has been consistently awarded One-hat in the Good Food Guide and is recommended regional dining in the Gourmet Traveller Best Australian Restaurants guide. The restaurant is also a four-time winner at the Australian Tourism Awards for excellence In Food Tourism.

So, food and wine are what we love to do here!

We are also proud to be regarded as leaders in environmental stewardship and are fully accredited with Sustainable Winegrowing Australia and Freshcare. We were one of the first in the Hunter to achieve this and our certification benchmarks to the ISO14000 series (International Standards) for best practice. This means we follow a detailed Environmental Management Plan (EMP) to reduce our impact across all business operations in the four basic pillars of sustainability – reduction of greenhouse gases, energy efficiency, water management and the reduction of waste.

Proudly Awarded:

5 Star Winery James Halliday Wine Companion 2009 to 2021
National Good Food Guide – One Chef Hat 2018, 2019, 2020
Top 10 Regional NSW Restaurants – Gourmet Traveller 2015, 2017, 2018
Winner – Hunter Valley Cellar Door of the Year, 2014, 2018
Winner – Excellence in Food Tourism, Australian Tourism Awards, 2014, 2016, 2017
Winner – Best Winery, NSW & Hunter Tourism Awards – Hall of Fame
Winner – Excellence in Food Tourism, NSW & Hunter Tourism Awards – Hall of Fame

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