Lagrein Wines

Lagrein is a native variety of Italy and produces medium to full-bodied, food-inspired wines. This offering from Mezzacorona shows rich scents of dark fruits, anise and chocolate with wafts of spice and nutty oak. The palate is full-bodied and lus...

Lagrein, in Langhorne Creek? Woah. Suffice to say that this grape is a long way from the cool hills of Alto Aldige in Northern Italy (where Lagrein calls home) and thus quite an interesting prospect. The style here carries the spicy red fruit it s...

Deep, dense purple colour. Amazing perfume, almost powder-puff, but very raw, shrill and callow to sniff, with sour acidity. Needs time, perhaps.

Very deep, dark red/purple; excellent colour for its age. But the wine stinks! Pepper spice and sulfide, quite rank and has possibly turned to mercaptan. Also query Brett. The palate is sour in its acids and lacks freshness, fruit and charm. Lean,...

Deep purple/pink colour. Spicy, slightly earthy, meaty aromas with some dark fruits as well. The palate is hollow and a trifle overblown, with a full flavoured, big-bodied style which is nonetheless rather hollow in the middle. Slight citrusy acid...

Deepish red/purple colour. Smoky, toasty oaky aromas with spicy and earthy aspects, and sweet oak overtones. The palate is less tart and fleshier than usual for this variety. Impressive richness, good weight, texture, density and balance, and a lo...

Melee by name and by nature, as the blend is bound to bring a cacophony of personalities together in this wine; dark-fruited with prunes, blackberry, cola and spice; the palate is warm, rich and thickly textured, with bitter tannins lingering on t...

Pale pink; a blend of sangiovese and lagrein with crushed lemon leaf aromas; the palate is crisp, dry and full of energy; considerable length.

Deep purple; a particularly potent and concentrated wine with a fusion of black fruits, a whisper of bitter chocolate before the palate breaks free on the finish, for the expected tannins simply aren't there.

Dark cherry cola nose and firm palate loaded with spicy herbal flavours.

Lagrein, in Langhorne Creek? Woah. Suffice to say that this grape is a long way from the cool hills of Alto Aldige in Northern Italy (where Lagrein calls home) and thus quite an interesting prospect. The style here carries the spicy red fruit it s...

Very dense, dark, glass-staining black/purple/red colour. Essency, concentrated aroma of plum juice, preserved plums, fruit-driven and straightforward, but dense. Raw, callow, unfinished tasting wine. It needed longer in wood, surely. Tastes half ...

Some marzipan characters on the nose and palate, with chunky tannins.