Mr. Mick Tempranillo 2023 by Tim Adams Clare Valley

Winemaking Notes
Mr. Mick Tempranillo 2023 Clare Valley by Tim Adams is crafted with meticulous attention to detail, with the Tempranillo grapes from Rogers, Sheoaks West, and Fechner Family's Sheoaks vineyards fermented for a week on skins with a careful extraction regime of tannins and colour to deliver a juicier and lighter style of the variety. Following fermentation, the wine was gently pressed off skins and matured using French oak before blending and bottling, ensuring the wine displays distinctive varietal character of juicy fresh cherries and red plums, underlaid by a subtle toasty French oak perfume and roasted coffee beans. The careful winemaking approach creates smooth tannins, a hint of savoury spice, and a long lingering finish, with the bright ruby-red colour with excellent clarity reflecting the wine's juicy, lighter style and quality Clare Valley fruit. The wine is suitable for drinking anytime from the present to ten years of age and is extremely versatile, matching with just about any food. The gentle pressing off skins and maturation using French oak ensures the wine displays vibrant and expressive aromatics, showcasing exceptional fruit quality, whilst the careful extraction regime of tannins and colour during the week-long fermentation on skins creates the juicier and lighter style that defines this wine and makes it one of the most popular wines in the restaurant.

Vintage Conditions & Clare Valley Character
The 2023 vintage of Mr. Mick Tempranillo showcases the exceptional character of Clare Valley, with the region's warm summer days and cool nights providing the ideal climate to make this variety shine, mirroring the central areas of Spain which Tempranillo calls home. The distinctive varietal character of juicy fresh cherries and red plums, underlaid by a subtle toasty French oak perfume and roasted coffee beans, reflects the quality of the fruit from Rogers, Sheoaks West, and Fechner Family's Sheoaks vineyards, whilst the smooth tannins, hint of savoury spice, and long lingering finish demonstrate the exceptional growing conditions of the 2023 vintage. This wine is one of the most popular wines in the restaurant and amongst customers as it matches with just about any food, with the aim to make wines for everyone to enjoy perfectly embodied in this wine that fits perfectly in the Mr. Mick range. This wine can be enjoyed now or cellared for up to 10 years, pairing beautifully with tapas, paella, grilled lamb, chorizo, manchego cheese, roast pork, beef, pasta, pizza, and barbecue when served at 16-18°C, demonstrating the exceptional quality and extremely versatile character that comes from Clare Valley's warm summer days and cool nights, combined with the careful winemaking approach of fermenting for a week on skins with careful extraction before gentle pressing and maturation using French oak.