A long established winery making well priced bottles without quite the fuss they deserve. Organic, dry grown and handpicked fruit should make them fashionable but somehow not the case. This appeared at auction and looked good in terms of fill level and label in tact. So old, the label predates the Peppetree Vineyard name that seemed so evocative in the late eighties. There’s always a bit of happy trepidation opening an oldie, just how crumbly is the cork? I struck an unusually in tact version that squeezed out in one piece and no leaks. There was still a lot of life in the drink, nice faded red colour, lovely old claret style red fruit hanging on, Clare red cherry, white pepper seasoning and still some rum and raisin oak, just a whiff of America. The acidity and tannins crisp and well integrated. What a lucky one. Fun lottery.
12.5% alcohol. Cork. $18 at auction.
92 points.
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