Purple Hands Colours of the South Rosso 2019

Loving the label prints on the wines, designed by local Adelaide Hills artist Oliver Reutens. A fun field blend red consisting of a trio of Italians –  Negroamaro, Aglianico and Montepulciano which all play their part in making up the bigger picture. Red cherry and campari notes jump out of the glass and the delivery onto the palate is high-toned and crunchy with red currant, black olive and bramble plus some garden spices around the edges. This would definitely be one to whack in the fridge for a bit of a chill if you wanted to try a refreshing red on a hot day, and also to tame those graphity tannins. Drink with a charcuterie plate (prosciutto please) and some hard cow’s milk cheeses.

Matt Dunne

Wine critic and journalist at Joval Wine

Matt Dunne is one of Sydney’s finest sommeliers and communicators who is also the Group Wine Ambassador for the Joval Wine Group. He has created and managed wine lists for over 30 venues including ARIA Sydney, Opera Bar and Chiswick. In 2011 Matt won the Sydney Morning Herald’s 2011 ‘Good Food Guide Louis Roederer Sommelier of the Year’ and his team won the 2015 Wine List of the Year in the Good Food Guide for ARIA Sydney plus he was a Len Evans Scholar. Matt has tremendous knowledge of wine, beer and spirits, and has written his own wine blog for over 8 years.

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