From two of De Bortoli’s Rutherglen vineyards, Tuileries and Melville’s. Cold soaked fruit before fermentation. Short amount of maturation time in older French and American oak. Winemaker is Marc Scalzo

De Bortoli, One Line, Tempranillo, Rutherglen, 2024

Medium garnet to bruise purple. Dark cherry, black pastille, soft licorice, a touch of tobacco and crushed kitchen herbs. a little vanilla tipped cigarillo and a touch of simmering sugo.  Easy and flowing. A gentle brush of tannin underpins a neatly balanced, dark berried, herbally shrouded mid weight wine. There’s no great length, but there’s decent balance and plenty of varietal flavour, if emboldened by the antipodean sun.

RRP: $21.95
Alc: 13.8%
Rating: 89/100

Wine sample courtesy of De Bortoli