Mourvedre Wines

Located a few hours south of Cataluña along Spain's East coast, the vineyards of the Levante grow on land that rises from the coast to significant elevations inland. Grape vines were introduced into Alicante by the Phoenicians, wine was made here ...

Figs, adobe, woody dark spices and a touch of honey-molasses in a nose that’s high, wide and open-smelling. Tannins and acid themselves are dry, savoury, and ... succulent! Luxury material at pedestrian prices.

This is delicious. Smells of blueberry and cowhide, with lovely spice and sweet, supple ripe tannins, gentle oak tucked in. Fresh finish with good acidity - great balance. 13% alcohol, and 70 g/lt residual sugar.

Encompassing 37,000 acres, D.O. Alicante is divided into two sub-regions: La Marina, just inland from the area’s popular beach towns, and the Alicante subzone (northwest of the capital, Alicante). The winters are short; summers are long, hot, near...

Encompassing 37,000 acres, D.O. Alicante is divided into two sub-regions: La Marina, just inland from the area’s popular beach towns, and the Alicante subzone (northwest of the capital, Alicante). The winters are short; summers are long, hot, near...

Encompassing 37,000 acres, D.O. Alicante is divided into two sub-regions: La Marina, just inland from the area’s popular beach towns, and the Alicante subzone (northwest of the capital, Alicante). The winters are short; summers are long, hot, near...

Get ready for a vinous experience with this wine as the grapes come from the oldest known Mourvèdre grapes on earth planted back in 1853. Unirrigated, hand pruned and hand picked, winemaker Dean Hewitson makes this wine in the most traditional man...

Mourvedre (or Mataro if you're in the Barossa) is so hot right now, the earthy, savoury and deep brooding flavours of this most beastly of grapes right up there on the 'grapes that everyone wants more of' list. Yangarra do it better than many too,...

We don’t see as many straight Mourvèdres as we should but the Barossa Valley is the first place we’d go to source one. One guy who is doing it well is Dean Hewitson a talented winemaker who uses Mourvèdre in his other blends. The fruit for this ...

You say, Mourvedre, we say Mataro, chuck in Monastrell for good measure and you’ve got the same variety with three different names. What can be guaranteed is brambly, dark fruits amidst savoury flavours and spice. A fulsome palate, with dark fruit...

Mourvedre is still an underrated grape variety, which means it is often superb value. This Rhone Valley version is dark, brooding and surly exhibiting whiffs of red spicy fruits and intriguing meatiness. The palate is tightly-wound showing compact...

Deepish red/purple, bright colour. Very attractive red berry aromas, some mint and cassis. Juicy and inviting. Soft, smooth, medium to full-bodied palate with gentle texture and accessible structure, unlike many of its peers. Very appealing flavou...

Boy this captures the character of this variety perfectly. It's a dry and savoury with savoury red fruit characters on the nose and palate. Love the structure with the understated oak that allows the fruit and region to express themselves beautifu...

Medium red colour, purple tints. Greenish herbal aromas combined with some reductive sulfide characters. Not appealing. Harsh bitter, green tannins dominate the palate. Green peppecorns. Too stern.

Medium to deep red/brick-red colour, looks advanced and over-developed. Bouquet confirms this: animal and funky. And the palate is dried out, slightly bitter and harsh, without fruit. Microbial problems.

Medium to full red colour, slight brick-red tinges. Charred, smoky and somewhat guaiacol-like bouquet reflecting some age development. Some herbal touches, too. A toasty wine indeed: quite complex thanks to some age development giving toasty and '...

The block this was grown on is only two acres in size, another example of how tiny - boutique, if you like - most of the individual components of the Australian wine community are. Australian wine is nothing like the industrial playground it is so...