June 2021 Koppamurra 2021 wine events NEWS and what will they be? We asked last year and well might we ask again this year.
We bring you an ancient and historic wine from Portugal New wines …with a little poetic licence, it must be said. 2020 Touriga NEW Nacional Barossa Valley However, deleting the poetry for the moment, we are now one of the A red grape, historically used in Portugal very few wineries in the country to be making a straight varietal from the and Australia in fortified wine – i.e. ‘port’ ‘Touriga Nacional’ grape – a bit more on the wine below, but this is one of – almost always blended. Also as part of those rare and treasured occasions when we have a chance to present a blend in a number of Oz table wines. something really new and different. The new wine below is a positive note However! Very, very few winemakers doing on which to come out of a pretty bleak year. a straight Touriga N. We are now one of Don’t let’s even think ‘normal’ just yet – but maybe we are heading towards them and we think it well worthwhile – a it and maybe one day we’ll all get our Covid jabs, breathe on each other flavour all its own, firm tannins and overall again and invite lots more people to our Koppamurra Sunday lunches. you’d probably say ‘softish’. A must for the seeker of ‘new’ varietals. Incidentally our Thank you all for the support and we trust that our wine has from time to time first Barossa Valley wine. provided a cheery note in a grey time. At least we’ve been able to return to For release mid 2021 – get in quick. Sunday lunches in Adelaide – albeit with limited numbers – and we managed to sneak in an interstate event, greeted with delight by the Canberra fans. Melbourne and Sydney not yet – surprise, surprise – but one day… continues on back page wines whites reds 2021 Riesling 2021 Touriga Nacional 2017 Reserve Shiraz NEW Clare Valley, Watervale NEW Barossa Valley Padthaway See back page. See front page. More of the very popular wine from Padthaway. The region not so far from 2019 Riesling 2021 Torresan Block Wrattonbully but the wine interestingly Clare Valley, Watervale NEW Shiraz McLaren Vale different. Care and attention from From our previous grape supplier, the See back page. winemaker Damo has produced a spicy wine Honeys, whose immaculate vineyard with a soft finish and ‘flavours of caramel provided us for ten years with grapes for 2019 Grenache and butterscotch’. Cellar 5 years + with care. medal-winning Rieslings. It was a difficult McLaren Vale Clare season, but still a terrific Riesling. GOLD 2020 WineWise National 2018 GSM Now, alas, the Honeys have moved on, but McLaren Vale you have a chance to buy this and the 2021 GOLD 2019 Small Winemakers Nat'l [Grenache 41%, Shiraz 41%, Mourvèdre 18%] and compare (there was no 2020 – wiped BRONZE 2019 Royal Melbourne The 2017 GSM won a gold, won your vote – out by drought). BRONZE 2019 WineWise National now sold out – and we’ll be surprised if this …and from winemaker Damian’s own small one doesn’t do as well. GSM, like Grenache, 2017 Riesling vineyard! This is a terrific wine and not to be has become a Mclaren Vale signature wine. Clare Valley, Watervale missed – the Melbourne judges said ‘…lovely Very drinkable now, only getting better with More medals than a Mexican General! lifted florals, medium intensity and tannins, bottle age and cool cellaring. Grapes all good colour with fragrant spicy red fruits… SILVER 2017 WineWise National from old bush vines – classic! youthful bright and juicy and very fresh’. Very BRONZE Intl Riesling Challenge (530 wines from 9 countries) much in the new McLaren Vale style. Lightly oaked. TWO GOLD MEDALS – don’t miss it. 2016 Pinot Noir BRONZE 2017 Royal Adelaide Adelaide Hills BRONZE 2017 Small Winemakers Nat'l 2019 Small Winemakers Nat'l Now moving into its mature middle age. 2011 Ramsay Black Shiraz SILVER Light straw colour has moved to gold, McLaren Vale BRONZE 2019 WineWise National flavour has moved to a place which will The Hills have proved to be a great source BRONZE 2012 Royal Melbourne delight those fanatical about older Riesling. for both our Pinots – Noir and Gris. A BRONZE 2014 Royal Sydney difficult grape to grow, a difficult wine to Top of the range and pretty much at its peak make. But we think we are doing it well. 2020 Pinot Gris right now. A new wave Shiraz – not A robust wine with lots of Pinot character Adelaide Hills a weighty max extraction monster but – very much the style of Pinot coming from BRONZE 2020 WineWise N a t i o n a l more sophisticated and intricate. A ‘miracle’ wine produced amid the fire and the Hills and making their reputation as Only 25 doz left – don't miss it! smoke of the 2019/2020 bushfires. Looks a premier region for the wine. fantastic – a great mid-spectrum summer white – with food or on its own. 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Barrel Selection Wrattonbully vaccination pinks BRONZE 2015 WineWise N a t i o n a l More from Mosquito Creek – the best of the specials 2019 Rosé barrels selected for bottling. Full-bodied, To help you make up your mind/ McLaren Vale intense flavours. Remember that Cab. Sauv. deal with after effects if any/ [Grenache 85%, Shiraz 15%] is more tannic early, but will last and last, celebrate completion. improving all the way – 10 years plus with Almost all Grenache (winemaker’s own), good cellaring. with a spoonful or two of Shiraz. Dry, pale – 3x Premium Reds the classic Rubens pink – much in the style 1x 2011 Ramsay Black Shiraz $ of our 2017 and 2018. Smooth berry fruit 2012 Joanna Shiraz 1x 2012 Joanna Shiraz 90 Wrattonbully 3-pack flavours. Chill it. Although tradition has it 1x 2013 Cab Sauv B/S (save $20*) as an ideal anaesthetic for summer heat, SILVER 2014 WineWise National we know many Rosé addicts who drink it SILVER 2014 Small Winemakers Nat'l 5x Reds + 1x Pink happily all through the winter. 2015 Royal Sydney BRONZE 1x 2019 Grenache BRONZE 2014 Royal Adelaide 2018 Rosé 2x 2017 Reserve Shiraz $ BRONZE 2014 Royal Melbourne 1x 2018 GSM 95 McLaren Vale case Not a bad list, you’ll agree. Seeing how 1x 2013 Cab Sauv B/S = $15/btl [Grenache 80%, Shiraz 20%] well the 2008 Shiraz has aged, we strongly 1x 2019 Rosé (save $35*) A pale, dry elegant Rosé pretty much in the suggest that this one will also be a keeper, corporate mold. For drinking whenever you given reasonable care with storage. Great 6x Whites feel like it. Chill it. wines need great grapes; these grapes 1x 2020 Pinot Gris – as for all our Wrattonbully wine – from $ Antarctic venturer and man of rust Peter 1x 2021 Riesling 80 2x 2019 Riesling case sold out Maxwell of Mosquito Creek vineyard. = $12.50/btl 2018 Riesling 2x 2017 Riesling (save $32*)
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NEW 2021 Riesling Clare Valley, Watervale $220.00/doz $115.00/half doz $19.50/bottle
2019 Riesling Clare Valley, Watervale BRONZE x2 $220.00/doz $115.00/half doz $19.50/bottle
2017 Riesling Clare Valley, Watervale SILVER BRONZE x3 $150.00/doz $85.00/half doz $15.00/bottle
2020 Pinot Gris Adelaide Hills BRONZE $200.00/doz $105.00/half doz $18.00/bottle
2019 Rosé McLaren Vale $165.00/doz $85.00/half doz $15.00/bottle
2018 Rosé McLaren Vale $120.00/doz $70.00/half doz $12.00/bottle reds 2011 Ramsay Black Shiraz McLaren Vale BRONZE x2 LAST CASES $300.00/half doz $50.00/bottle
2012 Joanna Shiraz Wrattonbully SILVER x2 BRONZE x3 $400.00/doz $200.00/half doz $35.00/bottle
2013 Cabernet Sauvignon Barrel Selection BRONZE $280.00/doz $145.00/half doz $25.00/bottle
NEW 2020 Torresan Block Shiraz McLaren Vale $460.00/doz $230.00/half doz $40.00/bottle
NEW 2020 Touriga Nacional Barossa Valley $280.00/doz $145.00/half doz $25.00/bottle
NEW 2020 Grenache McLaren Vale $340.00/doz $170.00/half doz $30.00/bottle
2019 Grenache McLaren Vale GOLD x2 BRONZE x2 $340.00/doz $170.00/half doz $30.00/bottle
2016 Pinot Noir Adelaide Hills SILVER BRONZE $320.00/doz $165.00/half doz $28.00/bottle
2018 GSM McLaren Vale BRONZE x2 $220.00/doz $115.00/half doz $19.50/bottle
2017 Reserve Shiraz Padthaway $220.00/doz $115.00/half doz $19.50/bottle specials 3x Premium Reds $90.00/3 btls 1x 2011 Ramsay Black Shiraz, 1x 2012 Joanna Shiraz, 1x 2013 Cab Sauv B/S 5x Reds + 1x Pink $95.00/half doz 1x 2019 Grenache, 2x 2017 Reserve Shiraz, 1x 2018 GSM, 1x 2013 Cab Sauv B/S, 1x 2019 Rosé 6x Whites $80.00/half doz 1x 2020 Pinot Gris, 1x 2021 Riesling, 2x 2019 Riesling, 2x 2017 Riesling
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2020 Grenache NEW McLaren Vale The second Grenache from the Damian grape farm. Not to be missed – looks every bit as good as the 2 times Gold Medal 2019. Very much in the new lighter McLaren
Vale style – and Grenache is becoming a Canberra signature wine for the Vale. We don’t think it is too much to say that one and all were delighted to see us; you Canberra supporters supported enthusiastically and the Mercure staff were more helpful and friendly than ever – they must have been quite pleased to be hosting an NEW 2021 Riesling event – even though Covid rules complicate matters. Clare Valley, Watervale First appearance for the 3 new reds (Touriga Nacional, Grenache, Torresan Block Well, there was NO 2020 Riesling for Shiraz) in Canberra; you liked them. us and many others – that summer’s drought wiped it out. BUT we now have a new source vineyard in much the same Melbourne / Sydney area and we are very happy to have an As for Melbourne and Sydney, we will continue to assess the situation and monitor excellent Riesling from their grapes. events, as they continue to say. October? November? perhaps/maybe/we’ll see. All the freshness, crispness, citrusness And we’ll let you know when wine events become possible again. and mineral flavourness you could wish for from this famed Riesling region. Meanwhile in Adelaide...... we have been able to resume our traditional Sunday lunches. 34 Unley Road, Unley New... but not just yet: 12:30 to 5:00pm
y Selected Sundays, but call us to see what’s available 2021 Rosé To comply with Covid rules and available space – which is rather less now that McLaren Vale chill has driven us indoors – numbers at each Sunday lunch are much reduced. Later this year So BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL y 2021 Grenache to Dean or Di at 8357 9533 or [email protected] McLaren Vale For release 2022 Bring friends but remember to book for the number of friends. TASTING WINE IS FREE AND SO’S THE FOOD!
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