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Love your deep, ripe, rustic reds? Find satisfaction in deliciously dark Durif!
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Beyond the Labels
Black cherry, plum and blackberry, with hints of dark chocolate and spice. Durif is full-bodied, almost inky black, and peppered with tannins. It is a popular alternative for Shiraz drinkers, and they also blend together beautifully.
Sam Trimboli's luscious Salvatore combines three great grape varieties to make one awesome red. His wife Maria who works with him is from Argentina, so Malbec is a given. And there’s not a winemaker around who can resist Shiraz. Sam also has a passion for Durif and has done for decades. Malbec offers robust tannins and an inky blueberry velvetiness, Shiraz gives irresistible spice, and Durif provides herbal acidity. His grandfathers back in Italy began the winemaking tradition of the Trimboli family, and we think they would be very proud of Sam.
For over 30 years, John Quarisa has made a name for himself as the creator of some of Australia’s best wines. Receiving many of Australia’s top wine honours, including the Jimmy Watson Trophy in Melbourne and Stodart Trophy in Brisbane, Quarisa has reached the pinnacle of Australia’s wine show circuit. The sensational Gold-winning Carpone Durif takes all of that refined skill and knowledge and concentrates it into this excellent wine. Expressing rich characters of plum, cassis, chocolate, coffee and liquorice, with a lovely vanillin finish thanks to partial aging in American oak.
The name? Somewhat academic but a Mach number is defined as the ratio of two speeds. An aircraft travelling at Mach 2 is going twice the speed of sound, which itself is affected by composition and temperature. Dig a little deeper and you'll come across terms such as 'compressible flow' ... and if you're someone who is more interested in the social side of wine enjoyment rather than the science behind it, you'll probably be wanting to stop reading and pour yourself a glass of this very delicious new red. What is clear is that this combination of grapes seems to produce a wine bigger and richer than the sum of its parts – the Durif acting as a sort of turbo-charge to the mouthfilling Shiraz and the results are very moreish indeed.
Courtesy of our good friends, the Marauding Vintners, who know exactly where to find the best wines and genuine characters – meet Doctor Durif. The back label tells her story. Unable to settle in her native France, the good doctor has found climates much more to her liking in California and in spots across South and South Eastern Australia. A smooth operator,mostly seen alone (at times using a pseudonym), she actually mixes easily. Her easy charm can mask her dark side, complexity and genuine depth, but given her frequent extremepopularity it’s odd she’s not more widely known. Dark, deep, a bit spicy and an infectious easy charm. We think you're going to love her.
According to winemaker Alan Kennett (and thousands of Black Stump customers), when you combine Durif and Shiraz “magical things happen”. Perhaps that explains Black Stump’s splendid two decades of popularity. The wine owes its name to a mythical outback marker of the boundary between the known world and the unknown. Describe anything as the best “this side of the black stump” and you mean it’s reckoned to be unbeatable. How appropriate for an affordable Aussie red of peerless intensity and popularity. Dark Durif, “the grape that takes no prisoners” (The Observer), and impressively juicy Shiraz make a perfect marriage, creating a velvety, voluptuous, and irresistible style. Serve in large glasses with steak and kidney pie or a Sunday roast.
Small parcels of the best quality fruit from across top regions in South Australia were chosen for this Reserve Durif – and it shows! It’s big, rich and mouthcoating, a ‘black red’ with some serious heft. Take that as a warning! The wine is named after a type of cattle (Hereford/Shorthorn cross) bred for the harsh conditions of Australia’s far north, and has been crafted with steak in mind. Hints of black pepper and dark chocolate coat the palate with layers of rich red fruit and black cherry.