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Koerner The Clare Red Winetext
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Koerner The Clare Red Wine 2020

Clare Valley, South Australia, AustraliaThe Koerner brothers like to show a neoclassic view of their home, Clare Valley, and it's wines like this, The Clare, that typify their MO. This is their take on a Bordeaux blend. Half cabernet sauvignon, the remainder is cabernet franc, malbec, grenache, carignan & sciacarello from the terra rossa soils of Vivian, Parish, and Gullyview Vineyards, and vines planted in 1930 and 1998. This vintage was 50% whole berry (no whole bunch), native fermented in open top steel for two weeks on skins, and then racked into Slavonian foudre for 9 months. This was returned to steel for 3 months prior to bottling unfined and unfiltered, and with a minimum of sulphur. Sappy plum, tayberry, raspberry fill a sun-ripened palate, with crunchy green branch notes threaded throughout. Tannins are sticky, guiding this medium bodied red through the gently spiced finish. Drinking well now.Tasted: 20 May 2021Tasted by: Prices:
BC$49.99750mlselect private retailers
Producer: Koerner WineDistributors: Sur Lie
Blend: Cabernet Sauvignon - Malbec - Grenache - Cabernet FrancCSPC: 218915UPC: 9351296000405