Westend Tempranillo 2008

Australia are beginning to do very sexy things with Tempranillo, it would not be surprising in 10 years time for this variety to overtake the more established ones, but their climate will always be suited to this variety and with an array of diverse terroir as they have it is only a matter of time before they can produce very good Tempranillo and very well priced. Westend are situated in Griffith, NSW, they produce excellent value wines from many varieties, Tempranillo is their latest and probably their best. At the moment is showing terrific ripe fruit with intensity and depth, spice, leather, tobacco, dry herbs but the best thing about it is the balance and profile of flavour, lovely concentration and texture, for those new to the variety, you should start here you won’t be disappointed.