Description
Mount Horrocks Wines is operated by proprietor/winemaker Stephanie Toole, who restricts production to approximately 3,500 cases per annum in order to achieve her aims of quality and single vineyard expression. All three estate-owned Clare Valley vineyards, totalling ten hectares, are ‘A certified’ by Australian Certified Organic (ACO). James Halliday says “Stephanie Toole has never deviated from the pursuit of excellence in the vineyard and winery. She has three vineyard sites in the Clare Valley, each managed using natural farming and organic practices. The attention to detail and refusal to cut corners is obvious in all her wines. 5 Red Star Winery”
Stephanie carefully crafts “essentially hand-made food wines with emphasis on structure as well as generous fruit flavours”. Only estate grown grapes are used and these are hand-picked and gently handled under conditions that ensure the varietal and site-specific flavours in the resultant wine, as well as its organic status, are retained. As no finings have been found necessary the wines are all suitable for vegans and vegetarians. Only the finest French oak barriques are used for those wines spending time in barrel.
Only 200 cases produced
Inspired by the wines of Sicily, Stephanie planted Mount Horrocks’ Nero d’Avola vineyard in 2007 and this is her sixth release. The grapes are harvested by hand, then cold-soaked prior to a nine day ferment. Daily plunging ensures ideal extraction until the wine is racked to French oak barriques (20% new) for twelve months maturation prior to bottling.
Less new oak is used to maintain its juicy palate.
Vibrantly coloured and redolent with juicy red berry fruits and spice notes. Characteristically Italian moderate weight, texture and savoury edges with Australia’s crisp fresh fruit and clean herbal tones – combining to a super appealing wine with cherry and raspberry, rosemary and bay leaf underpinned by lovely gentle tannins and appealing softness.
Fantastic summer drinking now through five years.
95 points, James Halliday 2020 Australian Wine Companion “It is fresh and bright, red fruits and fine, savoury tannins equally matched, juicy acidity the umpire signalling victory for the nero.”
95 points, Toni Paterson, The Real Review “A divine wine with a glorious fragrance with cranberry and raspberry fruit and hints of orange peel. The medium-bodied palate is tight and bright and tart cherry flavours and a hint of vanilla. It is breezy, elegant and ethereal and is representative of the skill of its maker.”
90 points, Tyson Stelzer “Laced with sarsaparilla and liquorice over a core of candied raspberries, this is a fruity vintage for Nero, making for a juicy and flamboyant style with just the right level of tangy acidity and fine tannin grip to keep things in line.”
92 Points, Ralph Kyte-Powell, SMH “An exotic red, out of the Clare mainstream in style, this take on the Sicilian nero d’avola has an “Italian deli” nose of spices, cherries, siena cake and aniseed. Medium-bodied and supple mid-palate, it tastes ripe with mouth-watering acidity and fine tannins carrying a sustained, tasty finish.”
RRP $60 Our Price $39.99 – last bottles!
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