QO5 Tempranillo 2022

This ever-popular Spanish variety might be a long way from home, here we have an example from the Ferguson Valley in the West, but it is making the most of it. Delicious wine. 

A deep purple maroon, the aromas weave through chocolate notes, warm earth, cherries, herbs, leather and roasted meats. There is serious concentration and bright acidity here, quite saturated flavours. Very good length, with a touch of exuberance throughout, this should provide fine drinking over he next four to six years. A fine Temp. 92.

A very wet winter in 2021 resulted in record rainfalls across the southwest of Western Australia. December saw the heat arrive and it lasted throughout the ripening period. In a fortune of events, the canopy that grew strongly after the healthy winter rains provided the protection required from the heat, protecting the fruit, and allowing it to ripen evenly, with great balance between sugars, acid, and tannin ripeness. An abundance of Marri tree blossom this year also protected the fruit, keeping the birds away from the vineyards and the grapes.