Moorilla Estate Domaine A Petit ‘a’ 2017 (12 Bottles) Tasmania

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$599.00 GST Included

AUSTRALIA WIDE SHIPPING INCLUDED

The 2017 vintage was notable for being cool and very long (which meant we picked late), giving great acid and intense fruit character. From the earthy, caramelised beetroot and pepperberry of the nose onward, this is an expansive, complex wine, held together by a robust structure. Firm tannin and medium-plus acid carry palate notes of fresh raspberries, stewed plum and vanilla toward a drying, almost-smoky finish.

Deep, youthful red with a tinge of purple remaining, the bouquet loaded with tobacco, humus and leaf-litter aromas, looking uncannily like a St Emilion. A trace of animal which isn’t objectionable. The palate is medium bodied and firm, with medium length and slightly sappy but not bitter tannins. A complex Bordeaux blend with a lot of merlot character, an impressive wine and good value.

—Huon Hooke (93pts)

Note: this is the first release of this wine entirely under Stelvin screwcap—which we’ve done to increase consistency and long-term cellarability.

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Description

The word ‘Moorilla’ means ‘rock by the water’ in various Aboriginal dialects. For thousands of years, the Moorilla site was home to the Tasmanian Aboriginal Mouheneenner People.

In 1948, Italian émigré and textile merchant Claudio Alcorso purchased a nineteen-hectare plot of land on what was known as Frying Pan Island – ‘a neglected orchard’ of ‘unkempt, unpruned apple and pear trees’ with a riverbank overhung with casuarina trees. This would become Moorilla with the first grapevines planted in 1958 and first vintage in 1962.

David Walsh purchased Moorilla in 1995 and Canadian ‘wild child’ Conor van der Reest took the helm as chief winemaker in 2007, championing the terroir of Moorilla’s vineyards, kick-started an ambitious cellaring program (cultivating wines with maturity) and helped design Moorilla’s new winery (a state-of- the-art facility).

Moorilla own two very different cool climate vineyards: Moorilla in the south (just north of Hobart and the same site as Mona) and St Matthias in the north (15kms outside of Launceston).

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