2022 Mystery Geographe Tempranillo Deal No. 46

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Ray Jordan

Tempranillo appears to go very well in Geographe, and these guys have been making one of the best. This is a wine of plush smooth medium bodied fruit displaying a slightly grainy gravelly textural feel. Brilliant red colour with traces of crimson. A fine chalky tannin influence and just a little oak to balance. Ideal food wine in the next few years.

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Kasia Sobiesiak - The Wine Front

Sweet cherry, red liquorice, salt and stony tannins. There’s ripeness and firmness in this wine but also a good refreshment. It doesn’t strike as super complex, no need to be, but with solid fruit core, tannin structure, and elements of woody spice and coffee. Tasty medium-weight red.

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James Suckling

This fragrant red has notes of rosemary, black cherries, black plums and paprika on the nose. It’s full-bodied with fine-grained tannins elegantly framing the black fruit. Spicy at the end.

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Erin Larkin - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2022 Solana Tempranillo leads with cherry fruit and raspberry, graphite tannin and asphalt. It is gritty, gray and spicy, with a flow of attractive fruit through the palate. Texturally, the wine has profuse tannins, and these hold the fruit in place. It's a beautiful wine, one of the better Tempranillos from Western Australia year after year. 14% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.