2018 Varney Wines Entrada GMT
McLaren Vale, SA
A twist on the classic GSM blend from McLaren Vale. It's light, juicy and the perfect mid-week red. 95 points, James Halliday.
$24.00
Out of Stock
A wine that grows more serious with each sip.
Nick Butler (The Real Review)
About The Wine
Alan Varney has spent time making wine in Portugal. He draws on those experiences to craft this top value range of Entrada wines.
He descibes this as "a fresh, approachable red blend styled on the very drinkable red wines of Portugal and Spain."
It takes Grenache in all its rosy, cherry-filled glory and meshes it to savoury Mataro and the exotically perfumed Portuguese variety, Touriga Nacional.
It's a lip-smacking, medium bodied red wine perfectly suited to all occasions.
For 95 point mid-week red at this price, it's hard to beat.
About Varney
Varney Wines began with just a "tonne for fun" for Alan Varney to play around with over a decade ago.
He took his years of experience working at top South Australian wineries, including time spent at Orlando Wines, Longview Vineyard and over a decade as senior winemaker at d’Arenberg, and poured his skills into crafting a style of wine that he and his friends and family could enjoy.
The side gig became a full-time obsession, leading to Alan purchasing a dilapidated property at the Gateway of McLaren Vale to house a tasting room alongside his wife Kathrin’s restaurant, Victor’s Place. A sustainable modern winery was built. Their first commercial release was unveiled. The wines have been taking off ever since culminating with Varney being named James Halliday's Best New Winery in 2021.
McLaren Vale, SA
From The Producer
WINEMAKING
The Entrada GMT takes its cue from the bright and fresh Joven (‘young’) wines of Spain. Early picked for vibrancy. Cold soaked for 3-5 days, partial whole bunch fermentation, pressed to seasoned French Barriques for short maturation. Contains minimal sulphites.
Blend : 60% Grenache, 30% Mourvèdre, 10% Touriga
ABV : 13.1%
Closure : Screw Cap
Drink Until : 2027
Bottle Size : 750ml
McLaren Vale, SA
Critic Reviews
"The 60/30/10% blend was cold-soaked for 3-5 days, partial whole bunch fermentation, thence to used French barriques for a short maturation. It's light-bodied, but that counterintuitively serves to highlight the rainbow of red, purple, blue and black fruit flavours." - James Halliday (Halliday Wine Companion)
"Bright and jubey, fruit pastille and ripest plums. A vibrant, modern nose. A subtle, though important, savoury line carries through the palate. It has a calming, taming effect on the wine. Measured acidity and soft, supple tannins. Easy drinking. A wine that grows more serious with each sip." - Nick Butler (The Real Review)
"Mixed berries, scrub herb and lavender perfume, a little grilled meat and spice. The Touriga component lifts it nicely, as it so often does. Savoury, but kind of juicy too, light on its feet, a dusting of fine chalky tannin, pleasing ‘dryness’ you might say, and a tight and gently tannic finish of fair length. Stylish. And not trying too hard, which is lovely to see." - Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)
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