Varney Wines Mencía 2025
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Tapping into this Spanish origin red variety establishing itself in McLaren Vale, sourced here from Oliver’s Taranga Vineyard where it has been successfully championed. In winemaker Alan Varney’s styling it’s been harvested early, exuding an earthy and floral aromatic, pomegranate and cooked mushroom, with a more sour cherry like flavour appearing in the palate. Treads a fine line between fruit and savoury notes, gastronomically pleasing with its typically varietally minerally tannins standing up the wine to be joined by bold meaty tapas like eats.
Tony is best known for his 10 years as News Corp’s National Wine Writer, with weekly columns in major metropolitan mastheads throughout Australia including The Adelaide Advertiser, The Sydney Daily Telegraph and the Melbourne Herald Sun. He continues to write feature articles and columns for all the major Australian wine media publications. Tony has also worked as a restaurant reviewer, section editor, book editor, digital content provider, journalism teacher and was named Wine Communicators of Australia 2018 Legend of the Vine (SA). Find out more about Tony at tonylove.com.au
