Mayford has morphed into one of the leading lights when it comes to Australian tempranillo – and this 2014 is the most detailed to date. It’s dark purple-garnet and enticing in a big glass. While in the savoury spectrum, at its core there’s really juicy, good fruit serving up an amalgam of tempranillo flavours from […]
John C. Brown Memorial TrophyBest Dry White Wine made from fruit grown in North EastRegion of Victoria Rutherglen Wine Show 2015
Though planted throughout Australia and used by about 340 winemakers, Spain’s tempranillo remains a niche variety. Our vignerons harvest just 4-5000 tonnes of it annually, depending on vintage conditions – about one 10th the volume of pinot noir, or 100th of shiraz. However, it makes instantly appealing red wines in a spectrum of styles. At a […]
This cooler climate version of the variety celebrates not only the place it is grown, with subtle aromatics of mint and eucalypt, but also a “house style” that has been arrived at over close to a decade out of this site. While dense with superbly ripe, dark berry flavours, the main attention here is its […]
This 2013 Mayford Shiraz follows in the footsteps of the superb 2013 Mayford Tempranillo. It takes time to come up in the glass but the depth of fruit here is the best I have seen from a Mayford Shiraz. It takes quality and stakes it firmly in the ground. It’s rich with dark cherry plum, […]
Buttery, creamy, complex bouquet, with suggestions of lees and malolactic. Some vanilla and butterscotch notes. A superbly fine yet rich chardonnay. There are grapefruit, mealy, peanut brittle and even passionfruit nuances. Intence grapefruit palate, fine and compact, delicate and long. An outstanding wine. Drink 2014 – 2022. Huon Hooke
The colour is deep and dark, the bouquet is fresh and already quite complex, with a lifted floral, spicy perfume – with an inviting brightness. It builds cherry liqueur notes as it breathes. The palate has very good depth and intensity, fleshiness and medium to full body, with tight, fine-grained tannins. A superb tempranillo. Mayford’s […]
This is the tempranillo Australia had to have. This is a truly stunning wine. It’s been a long, hard journey for Mayford Tempranillo to come of age but here it is, of a sudden, all grown up, and it’s better than anyone may well ever have imagined. Kudos to Bryan Nicholson and Eleana Anderson, the […]
Contrary to how it might seem, the reviewing of wines grown locally to where I live is one of my least favourite tasks. A wine like this chardonnay from Mayford however makes life quite a bit easier.It’s an effortless wine and yet it lingers beautifully through the finish. Drinking it is a pleasure. Lemon, barley, […]
From the back label: “This special release celebrates the eightieth birthdays of Leonard George and Lesley Rose Nicholson, champions of Mayford and respected clan elders”. It will be released next week. It’s clearly from a favourable season. It shows classy, smoky oak and quite a deal of it at first, but given time to breathe […]
