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Variety: 100% Shiraz from 22 Year Old Vines Vineyards:

‘Wines that are not made but crafted’. 2010 TWELFTREE BLEWITT SPRINGS SHIRAZ. Variety: 100% Shiraz from 22 Year Old Vines Vineyards: Single Vineyards in Blewitt Springs, McLaren Vale – Australia Wine Maker: Michael Twelftree Alcohol: 15.2% Color: Inky dark black

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Variety: 100% Shiraz from 22 Year Old Vines Vineyards:

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  1. ‘Wines that are not made but crafted’ 2010 TWELFTREE BLEWITT SPRINGS SHIRAZ Variety: 100% Shiraz from 22 Year Old Vines Vineyards: Single Vineyards in Blewitt Springs, McLaren Vale – Australia Wine Maker: Michael Twelftree Alcohol: 15.2% Color: Inky dark black Winemaking Notes:In 2010, we produced one Single Vineyard Shiraz. From day one, I've loved the aromatic profile of this wine. In many ways this is the wine I have always wanted to make - lifted, complex, great drive, depth of texture and re-bounding fruit freshness along withgrainy and dignified tannins. The vineyard site is on top of the Blewitt Spring range. Eons past, these hills would have been little more than a set of sand dunes that got pushed up and back from the modern day coastline. The vineyard runs East/West and has a gentle slope kicking down to the southeast. I believe Blewitt Springs has an amazing micro climate that can produce world-class wine,  but its quality is very site specific, and you need the right site to capture its magic. We have that site! Tasting Notes: This Shiraz is inky dark and black in color and has a complex bouquet of dark cherry, mint, smoke, plums, incense, ginger, roasted meats and savory spice. It's intensity is backed with iodine, graphite and crushed rock. The fruit starts out very concentrated with an underlying purity that is focused and very layered. The tannins are rounded and show a lovely density, resulting in coating mouth feel with flavors of plum, spice and white pepper.  It's very clean on the finish and lingers effortlessly on a very long palate. This will easily age for 15 to 20 years. Maturation: Aged 18 months in mostly new Cadus extra fine grain puncheons (500L) with the balance in 2 and 3 year old Cadus barriques 93pts 92pts Opaque purple.  A wild bouquet of candied black and blue fruits, violet and incense.  Heady and alluringly sweet, offering intense boysenberry and cherry flavors that show a velvety texture and stain the palate. Floral and spice cake notes linger on an impressively long and seamless finish.—J.R. Firm, focused and deft in balance, letting its tarry blackberry and dried cherry flavors ride on refined tannins, with a welcome lift of acidity on the finish, which persists impressively. Best from 2013 through 2020.—H.S www.twelftreewines.com www.terlatowines.com

  2. ‘Wines that are not made but crafted’ 2011 TWELFTREE GOMERSAL GRENACHE ROSE Variety: 100% Grenache from 48 Year Old Vines Vineyards: Single Vineyards in Gomersal, Barossa Valley – Australia Wine Maker: Michael Twelftree Alcohol: 14.5% Color: Light red cherry Winemaking Notes:In 2011 we produced one Single Vineyard Grenache Rose by draining off a small amount of juice from our Grenache ferments. Our Grenache came from an old 'boney' wind swept site with little or no topsoil. In the lead up to vintage we had crop-thinned the vines and kept the canopies very open for good airflow. This healthy environment produced excellent, flavor filled bunches which ripened slowly and had very little disease pressure from the early March rains. After crushing the fruit, I drained off a small percentage to concentrate to enrich our best full-bodied Grenache's. The juice was run off into a few old barrels and pretty much left to it's own devices. I did not inoculate the juice and just let it bubble away naturally. When I returned to taste it a few weeks later I was thrilled with the depth and flavor profile. I let it to go dry, racked the juice into a stainless steel tank and stirred the lees every few days to help build the wines excellent mouth feel and texture before bottling. Tasting Notes: Light red cherry in color with an exuberant bouquet of potpourri, fresh cut flowers, wild cherries, lavender, straw and blood orange. The palate has an excellent richness, depth and persistence, resting on a lovely bed of mouth watering acidity. This is very serious Rose that finishes bone dry with an amazing array of flavors and depth. Maturation: Fermented in old French Oak and then into Stainless Steel tank for malolactic fermentation with lee's stirring once a week. Bottling: All Twelftree wines are bottled under screw cap to maintain freshness and purity of flavor, so the consumer can appreciate the wine at it's best. We believe that wines under screw cap will age slower, more consistently whilst retaining there fruit freshness throughout the wines life.  In line with our 'minimal intervention' approach to winemaking, our wines are unfiltered and unfined, so over time you can expect the wine to create a small amount of sediment. www.twelftreewines.com www.terlatowines.com

  3. ‘Wines that are not made but crafted’ 2010 TWELFTREE GREENOCK GRENACHE/MATARO Variety: 52% Grenache from 57 Year Old Vines 48% Mataro from 17 Year Old Vines Vineyards: Single Vineyards in Greenock, Barossa Valley – Australia Wine Maker: Michael Twelftree Alcohol: 15.1% Color: A deep, concentrated black color in the glass Winemaking Notes:In 2010 we produced one Single Vineyard Grenache/Mataro. I really love the marriage of Grenache and Mataro, but it’s hard to find a vineyard that can supply high quality fruit of each variety growing in the same patch of dirt. The Grenache ripened early and was fermented separately to the Mataro, which came in right on the end of vintage. Typically, a ripe Grenache offers sensational flavors, but it's difficult to build the underlying structure. This is where Mataro steps up to the plate; as well as adding meaty, earthy and spicy notes to the aromatic profile. A good wine should be a pleasure to drink, not just be an exercise in flavor identification and this bottling has 'drinkability'  in spades. Tasting Notes: A deep, concentrated black color in the glass. At first sniff, this wine leaps out at you with heady fresh rose petals, lavender, iodine, roasted meats, cloves and fresh dried plums. It hits the palate with smooth and coating weight that shows brilliantly ripe and multi dimensional fruits, which are reined in by supple tannins. The lovely weight of flavor pushes deep into the late palate. This is a bigger style than I thought was possible at vintage but the texture just keeps on drawing you back. I love its drive and drinkability now, but it will also age to offer more complexity with time. Maturation: I blended this wine straight after malolactic and included the pressings from all my other Grenache batches. I matured half the wine in a 2200 liter tank and the balance in older French oak. I bottled the wine 11 months after vintage and have matured it in bottle before release. 91pts Bright ruby.  A wild, highly perfumed bouquet evokes candied dark berries, Indian spices and raw steak.  Powerful, palate-staining cherry and cassis flavors are complemented by smoke and cracked pepper nuances and lifted by zesty acidity.  Finishes spicy and long, with lingering floral and bitter cherry notes.  No new oak here. —J.R. www.twelftreewines.com www.terlatowines.com

  4. ‘Wines that are not made but crafted’ 2010 TWELFTREE GOMERSAL GRENACHE Variety: 100% Grenache from 48 Year Old Vines Vineyards: Single Vineyards in Gomersal, Barossa Valley – Australia Wine Maker: Michael Twelftree Alcohol: 16.7% Color: Deep black in color with a bright red edge Winemaking Notes:This is a great site on very boney, ironstone-based soil that has a deep red hue. The vineyard was planted by the use of an auger to make a hole for each young rootling’s and it amazing how these vines have survived and how healthy that are. The site slopes to the east and this allows the vines a little respite from the late hot summer afternoon sun. This site is very open to the elements and can get hammered by the wind from all directions.I really love this wine, it dark and concentrated and a bit of a brooding beast. I chose to age this in two French Darnajou barrels that were in their third year. I felt that I needed to rain the concentration in with some nice and slow oxidation. I also wanted to let the fruit build more texture across the palate so I see this as more in the black or dark fruit spectrum; it’s the least approachable of these three Grenache’s but it may be the longest lived. Tasting Notes: Deep black in color with a bright red edge, the complex bouquet starts out with roasted meats, salami, dried cloves, warm oil, burnt toffee, soy, balsa and licorice pastilles. The palate is thick, rick, very round and persistent. The winecrashes across the palate with wave after wave of fruit that is back by a considerable amount of tannins and there is undeniable quality here. This is more a statement wine than an easy and soft to drink one; it’s a sipping and admiring wine due its impressive concentration. I believe that this will lock down in a bottle and will slowly remerge after several years; every component is in the right place. Maturation: Aged for 10 months in older French oak barriques, then in bottle for 12 months before release. 93pts Bright ruby-red.  Intensely perfumed, heady bouquet displays an array of candied red fruit, floral and spice aromas.  Powerful cherry and raspberry preserve flavors show impressive depth, with gentle tannins adding shape.  Finishes with bright, spice-accented cherry and licorice flavors and excellent length. —J.R. www.twelftreewines.com www.terlatowines.com

  5. ‘Wines that are not made but crafted’ 2010 TWELFTREE BLEWITT SPRINGS GRENACHE Variety: 100% Grenache from 83 Year Old Vines Vineyards: Single Vineyards in Blewitt Springs, McLaren Vale – Australia Wine Maker: Michael Twelftree Alcohol: 14.6% Color: Light Cherry in color Winemaking Notes:I personally find this wine very exciting as it has such personality; it shows lifted spice that you rarely get from an Australian Grenache. The vines were planted in 1930’s on one of the highest points in Blewitt Springs; in fact they were planted by the man who owned the land originally - Mr. Schuller. These vines sit at the top of a hill on an open expanse along the Brookman Road ridge. When you walk this vineyard you get the sense that these vines are just meant to be there.In 2010, they held a small yield and we picked a little under one and a half ton. It was a fun morning picking. I drove the grapes to the crusher and decided to go with a small amount of whole cluster. I drained a little juice and went for a very long and slow ferment. Once again I kept the pressing separate. Tasting Notes: Light cherry in color, a lifted bouquet of inky, blood plums, iodine, stewed rhubarb, fresh mince, potpourri, menthol, mint, wet forest floor, western red cedar and cut daffodils all backed by a lovely note of roasted/scorched earth. The palate starts out silky and very even, as the fruit flows it becomes denser along the palate. The finish is juicy and rewarding as the tannins are dense and coating; they caress the palate softly and energetically. There is a lot of life here and I am sure this wine will benefit from extended cellaring. Maturation: Aged for 11 months in 1/3 4 year old French oak and 2/3 stainless steel. 92pts Light, bright red.  Vibrant, expressive nose offers spicy red fruits and fresh flowers, with a touch of pungent herbs.  Zesty and sharply focused, with intense, sappy red fruit flavors.  Fine-grained tannins provide shape and grip for the long, sappy finish.  An impressively fresh, elegant New World Grenache, with admirable balance and vivacity. —J.R. www.twelftreewines.com www.terlatowines.com

  6. ‘Wines that are not made but crafted’ 2010 TWELFTREE GREENOCK GRENACHE Variety: 100% Grenache from 57 Year Old Vines Vineyards: Single Vineyards in Greenock, Barossa Valley – Australia Wine Maker: Michael Twelftree Alcohol: 15.5% Color: A very deep red core, deeper in color than most Grenache's Winemaking Notes:This is a really lovely site of boney old Grenache that runs North/South and sits on a lovely southern exposure on a lovely pocket of Greenock red/brown earth.  In the 2010 vintage, this vineyard cropped at a little over a ton to the acre with concentrated and flavorsome fruit that really blossomed before being hand picked on the April 22nd.At ferment I decided to drain off about 10% of the juice and decided to not inoculate. I then let it soak for 5 days before the ferment started to run and I let the juice sit on skins for several days and kept the final pressing separate, as I wanted a silkier tannin profile. This juice was always quite brooding in the cellar and held a deep and strong palate of mainly purple fruits. Just before bottling I decided to give it a little smidge of Mataro to help kick out the late palate. Tasting Notes: A very deep red core, deeper in color than most Grenache’s. The bouquet starts out with compelling notes of camphor, mineral, rose petal, match stick, burnt oil, soy, glazed plums, fresh meats, compost, charcoal and blood plum. The palate is coating and generous with a lovely entry that floats across your palate, entering a darker fruit spectrum backed by emerging tannins. The mouth feel is both expressive and uniformed and the real quality here is the wines evenness and the persistence of the finish. I find this very drinkable; it shows terrific restraint and elegance while the finish is clean and without hard or rough edges. I believe this will drink best in 5 to 8 years of life and does offer a lot of enjoyment now. Maturation: 11 months in stainless steel, with 2/3 in 5 year old French oak for 10 months, 12 months in bottle before release. 92pts Vivid ruby.  The powerful bouquet offers red and dark berry liqueur, potpourri and peppery spices.  Deeply concentrated but lively, displaying vibrant blackberry and mulberry flavors lifted by tangy acidity.  Closes with impressive thrust and energy, leaving dark berry and allspice notes behind. —J.R. www.twelftreewines.com www.terlatowines.com

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