2011
DOWIE DOOLE G & T

Good Results

• BRONZE MEDAL
  2011 McLaren Vale Wine Show
  
  Year: 2011
  Editorial: Class 22 - Grenache predominate blends (2010 Vintage)
  
• "a rich luscious combination"
  David Sly, SA Life Magazine
  
  Year: 2011
  Editorial: Two of McLaren Vale's shining attributes are brought together here in the one glass. Winemaker Brian Light achieves a lovely mix of 55 per cent garnacha (the Spanish term for grenache) with tempranillo and finds the balance between robust power and savoury moreishness. Through choosing older oak for the maturation process, the resulting wine is rich with vibrant fruit flavours and bright primary characteristics; juicy raspberries, brambly red berries with hints of cooked rhubarb, molten chocolate and spice, in a rich. luscious combination. Chalky tannins give a firm grip in the palate making this type of wine ideally suited to food. (2010 Vintage)
  
• 91 Points
  Tim White, The Australian Financial Review
  
  Year: 2011
  Editorial: "This is satisfying, impeccably balanced medium-bodied red." 91 points. (2010 Vintage)
  
• "fleshy red but with a tang to it"
  Greg Duncan Powell, MasterChef Magazine, July 2011
  
  Year: 2011
  Editorial: "The meeting of McLaren Vale and Spain here works nicely. It's a bright, fleshy red but with a tang to it. This wouldn't be out of place at an Aussie barbecue." (2010 Vintage)
  
• Recommended
  Winewise Magazine, June 2011
  
  Year: 2011
  Editorial: "This is an attractive wine having ripe red berry aromas. The palate is fleshy, full of red and dark berry fruits, with a savoury tannin edge. Uncomplicated, but very drinkable." (2010 Vintage)
  
• "this wine is delicious"
  Campbell Mattinson, Gourmet Traveller Wine
  
  Year: 2011
  Editorial: "Diversity in Australian wine is not dead; it's thriving. Witness the 2010 Dowie Doole G&T. Freshness is its key. So too are flashes of dried herbs and spice on the nose, and rushes of blueberry, raspberry, rhubarb-like flavours in the mouth. It is, simply, alive with pure, grapy, red wine flavour. I'd bang on some more about it - but I'm keen to get back to drinking it. It's that kind of wine." (2010 Vintage)
  
• 90 Points
  Nick Stock, Wine Business Monthly
  
  Year: 2011
  Editorial: Smells of dark cherries and rose petals - no oak to report. Juicy and fresh palate with brambly berries, cherries and juicy, young tannin snap. (2010 Vintage)
  
• "...a little spirit from Spain...Fruit is the key"
  Jeni Port, Sunday Age - Blended Reds
  
  Year: 2011
  Editorial: "G&T stands for garnacha (aka, grenache) and tempranillo. The grapes are grown in McLaren Vale but the producer is after a little spirit of Spain, using two of that country's better-known red varieties. Fruit is the key, lots of black and spicy fruits and earthiness with an un-Australian dryness to close." (2010 Vintage)
  
• 92 Points "I'm really impressed with this wine"
  Campbell Mattinson - The Winefront 2nd April 2011
  
  Year: 2011
  Editorial: "This grenache-tempranillo blend has seen minimal oak and the winery encoruages consumers to drink it young - to get the full burst of its buoyant fruit flavour. It's good advice too, though I'd reckon this would cellar pretty well over the medium term - if you so desire. It's rich with ripe, sweet raspberry, blueberry and rhubarb - like flavours with flashes of dashing, dried herb and earth too. Savoury, sweet and mouthfilling. There's quite a bit of dry, chewy tannin on the finish and fresh fruit galore though the aftertaste. If it's not obvious - I'm really impressed with this wine. Reckon they are onto a winner. 92 Points." (2010 Vintage)
  Reference: www.winefront.com.au
• "gorgeous red fruits on entry"
  Julian Coldrey www.fullpour.com
  
  Year: 2011
  Editorial: "...gorgeous red fruits on entry...on its own terms it is positively delicious... Bloody good quaffing wine for the drinker with attitude." (2010 Vintage)
  Reference: www.fullpour.com
• "It's a real lip smacker..."
  Kerry Skinner, Grape Expectations
  
  Year: 2011
  Editorial: "Fantastic follow-up to the first vintage of this Spanish style blend of grenache and tempranillo from South Australia's McLaren Vale. Meticulously crafted bywinemaker Brian Light it's a real lip smacker, soft supple and lightly oaked with sweet berry fruit flavours, spice and savoury characters, lovely balance and juicy tannins. Drink with a woodfired pizza."(2010 Vintage)
  
• "ready made for tapas"
  James Halliday, 2010-2011 Wine Companion
  
  Year: 2010
  Editorial: "Fresh purple-crimson; bright red fruit flavours are countered with quite firm tannins on the palate - ready made for tapas. Screwcap." (2009 Vintage)
  Reference: www.winecompanion.com.au
• 4 STARS "good length of flavour"
  Ralph Kyte Powell-The Age, Melbourne
  
  Year: 2010
  Editorial: This Spanish-inspired McLaren Vale grenache and tempranillo blend combines these complementary varieties into a cherry and berry-scented wine with attractive dry herb, pepper and spicy savouriness. It tastes friendly and wholesome with good length of flavour and a tasty counterpoint of dry tannins. (2009 Vintage)
  
• "a terrific food friendly red"
  Kerry Skinner, Illawarra Mercury
  
  Year: 2010
  Editorial: "Cleverly crafted by Brian Light, it's a terrific food friendly red, aromatic and textured with layers of cherry and berry fruit flavours, integrated spice and savoury characters, minimal oak intervention and juicy tannins." (2009 Vintage)
  
• 92 POINTS
  Tony Keys, The Key Report
  
  Year: 2010
  Editorial: "Light in texture but that takes nothing away from the wine gorgeous sour edge running the length of the journey very enjoyable 92 points and worth $25" (2009 Vintage)
  
• 4 Stars
  Fergus McGhie, Canberra Times
  
  Year: 2010
  Editorial: "Garnacha is Spanish for what we more commonly know as grenache. It's a variety that's particularly well suited to McLaren Vale's warm Mediterranean climate. Add in some tempranillo and you have a delicious medium-bodied red. Its redcurrant, blueberry and prune flavours are made for enjoying immediately with a few plates of tapas." (2009 Vintage)