Colab & Bloom Tempranillo 2021

93 POINTS

Sam Kim - Wine Orbit

Offering fabulous fruit purity and perfume, the wine shows sweet plum, blueberry, floral and subtle spice aromas, leading to a succulent palate that's plump and silky. Delightfully composed and expressed, making it comforting and immediately drinkable. At its best: now to 2028.

90 POINTS

Ken Gargett - WinePilot.com

The name comes from the idea that ‘collaboration’ will ‘bloom’. Fair enough, I guess, though I hope that was a late night decision and not the result of paying consultants. As always, it is what is in the bottle that counts. This 100% varietal Tempranillo comes from David Blows’ Macclesfield vineyard in the Adelaide Hills. Magenta in colour, the nose is enticing – a mix of plums, florals, some warm earth, spices, animal skins, coffee grinds, red berries most notably cherries, but some black fruit notes as well. A wine with good grip on the finish, mid-length with silky tannins. This is an ideal wine for collaboration with roast lamb and it would undoubtedly bloom at a top-notch barbecue. Good now and for the next few years.

92 POINTS

The Wine Collective - Tasting Panel

Black berries, pink peppercorn, sumac, tar, a little heat on the nose with a touch of vanilla, and herbal garrigue. Medium bodied, with great structure.

91 POINTS

The Wine Collective - Tasting Panel

Spicy nose, cherries, plum, pepper. Good rounded palate, feels very well-sealed. Good palate weight, nice length. Reasonably simple, but this makes it easy to drink.