Wakefield Estate
Wakefield Estate
Tempranillo 2011
| Region: | South Australia |
Medium-bodied with seductive flavours of cherries, dark plums and berry fruits. French oak maturation provides subtle spice characters.
Download Full Winemaker Note
At release the wine is a ruby red with a vibrant purple hue.
Wine Bouquet
The wine displays maraschino cherry fruit characteristics with hints of vanilla bean and underlying subtle cigar box and spicy oak aromas.
Wine Palate
This is a medium-bodied wine with flavours of cherry, plums and subtle raspberry along with well integrated savoury French oak. There is a pleasing soft and silky texture to the mid palate and the wine has a long, persistent finish.
Cellaring Notes
This wine can be enjoyed upon release but will reward careful cellaring up to and possibly beyond 2016.
| Acidity: | 6.35 g/L |
| Alcohol Percent: | 13.9% |
| PH: | 3.52 |
| Region: | South Australia |
| Residual Sugar: | 0.47 g/L |
Chickpea & Spicy Chorizo Tapas
Food type: Pork, Spanish
Enjoy spicy Spanish flavours of chorizo sauasage, chickpea and fresh herbs with this highly ...
Chorizo & Sweet Potato Risotto
Food type: Pork, Spanish
This dish of salty chorizo, sweet potato and Wakefield Pinot Gris is delicious. Serve with shaved ...
Kangaroo Meatballs with Garlic and Basil Tomato sauce
Food type: Duck/Game, Italian, Pasta
Enjoy this simple, quick and very flavoursome dish of Kangaroo meatballs in a rich tomato basil ...
Lamb Curry
Food type: Curry, Lamb
This curry is delicious but like most curries can be a wine killer. Red wine works best especially ...
Medicinal minestrone
Food type: Soups, Vegetarian
This Italian soup gets its name because it has a soothing almost medicinal quality - just the smell ...
Minestrone Soup Italiano
Food type: Italian, Soups, Vegetarian
Enjoy an authentic Italian minestrone soup on a cold winter's evening. Vegetables, pasta and ...
Pasta al Amatriciana
Food type: Italian, Pasta
The flavours of spicy vine-ripened tomato and smokey bacon come together in amatriciana sauce.
Pasta Puttanesca
Food type: Italian, Pasta
Rich ingredients combine in a spicy puttanesca sauce, bringing a sensory delight to youir taste ...
Roasted Vegetable Pizza
Food type: Pizza
A fresh, exciting gourmet pizza, featuring glorious feta cheese and tasty roasted vegetables. A ...
Spanish Lamb with Rosemary
Food type: Lamb, Spanish
Delicious Spanish lamb with a complex array of herbs, along with garlic, olive oil and white wine. ...
Spicy Spaghetti Marinara
Food type: Italian, Pasta, Seafood
A spicy Italian seafood classic, here now for you to enjoy at home. Incorporating fresh fish, ...
Spicy Spanish Paella
Food type: Chicken, Spanish
A traditional Spanish favourite with a long history. This paella combines chicken, seafood, chorizo ...
Traditional Eggplant Parmigiana
Food type: Italian, Vegetarian
For a taste of real Italian flavour try this tasty, cheesy Parmigiana.
Vegetarian (Eggplant) Lasagne
Food type: Italian, Pasta, Vegetarian
Try our eggplant lasagne, a wonderful vegetarian dish, that even the most fervent carnivore will ...
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Quench
Wakefield Estate Tempranillo 2011Kerry Skinner, Illawarra Mercury, April 2012
Quench
Over four decades the Wakefield Estate label has grown to include a shiraz, pinot noir, merlot, five whites and this punchy Spanish-styled tempranillo with its cherry and red berry flavours, spicy notes, savoury characters and rounded tannins.Drinks
Wakefield Estate Tempranillo 2011Jeff Collerson, DailyTelegraph, May 2012
Drinks
Spain's best native grape is suited to SA's Clare Valley and this has the variety's hallmark spicy, tobacco-like characters. Medium bodied with a savoury edge and, typical of tempranillo, drinks extremely well in its youth.Easy Wines
Wakefield Estate Tempranillo 201191/100Peter Chapman, News Mail, May 2012
Easy Wines
A medium-bodied red featuring cherries, dark plums and berry fruit flavours. French oak provides subtle spice overtones.New Releases
Wakefield Estate Tempranillo 2011Drinks Trade, July 2012
New Releases
2011 Estate Tempranillo has cherries, dark plums and red berries on the palate with sublte spice character and soft tannins.Top Drops
Wakefield Estate Tempranillo 2011Chris Shanahan, Sunday Canberra Times, August 2012
Top Drops
The label doesn't reveal the wine's origins, but it's a blend of material from the Clare Valley and Wrattonbully (on the Limestone Coast, adjoining Coonawarra's northern boundary). The cool season produced a light to medium bodied red with bright delicious fruit flavour, reminiscent of bluberries. The winemakers handled various batches of the wines in different ways, including cold soaking one component on skins before fermentation, barrel-fermentation of a second component and using open fermenters for another. The varied approaches produced both fruity and savoury characters and resulted in a very fine, soft tannin structure.Cellar Talk
Wakefield Estate Tempranillo 201190/100Ray Jordan, West Australian, November 2012
Cellar Talk
An excellent short-term, medium-bodied tempranillo. Savoury earthy notes merging with some fruity raspberry characters. Flavours of cherry and dusty earth with a slightly plumpish middle palate offering a nice feel in the mouth. This is an easy-drinking quaffer with a bit of style.