Lienert Vineyards Jack West Grenache Shiraz Mataro 2020
- 90
- $25
- Drink by: 2021 - 2025
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A bright medium bodied expression of these three chums that is such a good combination, whether at the serious end of the price spectrum or at the more modest value for money point. This one is obviously about value which it delivers with a bit of style. Savoury and slightly plummy fruit with a lively red fruit infusion. The tannins run fine and long in support and the oak is deliberately underplayed. It also has a spicy juicy character that is most appealing. It was pretty warm in the Barossa in 2020, yet the balance, poise and fruit expression are all spot on.
Ray Jordan has been writing about wine for more than 40 years. His first articles were published in the early issues of national wine magazine Winestate in the late 1970s when he worked in Sydney as a newspaper correspondent. From 1989 Ray wrote more than 3000 columns as a regular newspaper wine columnist. He currently writes a regular column for the special business publication Business News and is one of the main contributors to national wine platform Wine Pilot. In 2017 Ray co-authored The Way it Was – A History of The Early Days of the Margaret River Wine Industry and previously wrote Wine in the Blood: Australia’s Family Wine Estates, published in Mandarin and English. In 2011 Ray was awarded WA Wine Press Club Jack Mann Memorial Medal for his contribution to the WA wine industry. His love of wine is as strong as his love of the blues and tasting the thousands of wines that cross his bench each year allows him to indulge in both.
