"Attractively fruited & beautifully fragrant" Wine Orbit
"Displaying succulent fruit flavours together with smooth texture & polished tannins" Wine Orbit
Try it with chargrilled Chorizo or an antipasto plate with Manchego & olives
Elephant in the Room Titanic Limestone Coast Tempranillo 2019 (Australia)
Elephant in the Room Titanic Limestone Coast Tempranillo 2019 (Australia)
Accolades
Awarded 91/100 Points & 4.5 Stars
Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
Awarded 87/100 Points
Campbell Mattinson
Description
- French oak
- Mulberry & dark cherry
- Cola & anise
- Polished tannins
"Attractively fruited and beautifully fragrant, the wine shows mulberry, dark cherry, mixed spice and subtle espresso characters. It's equally appealing on the palate, displaying succulent fruit flavours together with smooth texture and polished tannins" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
"This is $15 well spent if you’re looking for a crowd-pleaser. It offers sweet, clean, red-berried fruit flavour with an overtone of honey and an undertone of woodsy spice. It’s clean, soft, super-fresh and easy-going. It feels well shaped too. It’s easy to see this wine winning a lot of fans" Campbell Mattinson
What a cracking debut for the Elephant family. A wonderfully aromatic and fragrant example of Australian Tempranillo that is juicy, soft and supple. It has vibrant aromas of red fruits with hints of textbook cola, anise and raspberry jam. As befitting Tempranillo, it has soft, supple tannins and low acid so it’s remarkably food friendly and delivers a mouthful of delicious vital fruit, a great depth of flavour and a satisfying finish.
Sourced from a selection of mature, dry-grown vineyards in South Australia with a portion from the Barossa Valley. The fruit is partually hand-harvested before de-stemming and cool fermentation in small two tonne open fermenters with regular hand plunging. Matured in seasoned French oak (20% new French) for six months before bottling with minimal filtration and sulphur addition.
2019 was challenging and hot in the South of Australia. The season started at a cracking pace with a hot and early summer that reduced yields. A dry winter was followed by a cool spring before a number of exceptionally hot days prior to vintage. Subsequently yields were down but the quality remained excellent.
Partially hand harvested before de-stemming primarily in closed fermenters with pump overs with a portion of open fermenters. All components blended post fermentation before two thirds were matured in stainless steel and one third was matured in French oak for nine months months before bottling with minimal fining, filtration and sulphur addition.
The Elephant in the Room wines are proudly large in scale and expansive in flavour. Ignoring fashion and braving the scorn “wine thought police” Elephant in the Room was created to give consumers exactly what they want – full bodied and mouth-filling wines that deliver maximum pleasure. Each wine is sourced from slow-ripening cool climate vineyards in the Limestone Coast of South Australia and partially matured in French Oak before final blending and bottling by Corey Ryan.
Food Pairing: Try it with chargrilled Chorizo or an antipasto plate with Manchego and olives.
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really enjoy this wine
Ceciley - 29/08/2021
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