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2021 Konpira Maru Voltron Red Blend

Multi-Regional, Australia

Take a walk on the wild side with this eclectic Shiraz-based blend by a cult favourite winery, with fruit sourced throughout Victoria!

$26.00

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About

About the Wine

For people born after 1986, Voltron was the name of a space robot, piloted by five different pilots. Voltron, as a wine rather than a cartoon, takes the great Aussie tradition of multi-regional and multi-varietal blends to the extreme. Five different grape varieties from five different regions. Shiraz, Dolcetto, Barbera, Gewurztraminer and Sangiovese. We know what you're thinking - together at last!

It's absurdly fragrant - sour cherries, plums, lavender, clove and rose petals. The juicy goodness continues through the wine, with ripe raspberries, strawberries and cooling river mint. The most amazing thing is that the blend, despite being complex, is soft and friendly. Serve this with a decent chill to take full advantage of its nouveau vibe.

About Konpira Maru

Konpira Maru is the story of Alistair Reed and Sam Cook coming together from various parts of the wine industry to start their own creative outlet for making fascinating, minimum intervention wines. Their first release, a mere 600 bottles, was in 2014.

Their success, particularly with wonderful Pet Nats has allowed them to expand their horizons. They source fruit from growers in central Victoria and the South Burnett and Granite Belt regions in Queensland. And from 2016 they have been organically farming their own Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier and Pinot Gris in Whitlands, high above the King Valley.

Alistair and Sam
Alistair and Sam
Central Victoria
Additional Info

From the Producer

Five varieties from five different vineyards? Okay, let's go. Lemon myrtle and raspberry, rollicking into a garden full of jam and pie. Pretty zippy, cherry fruit, zooper dooper sherbet. A fun one. More wine from Konpira Maru, can ye believe it?

Blend : Shiraz, Dolcetto, Barbera, Gewurztraminer, Sangiovese
ABV : 12.6%
Closure : Crown Seal
Drink Until : 2024
Bottle Size : 750ml

Winemaker Sam Cook
Winemaker Sam Cook
The other half of Konpira Maru
Expert Reviews

Critic Reviews

DDS review

"Fun and frivolity in a bottle made from shiraz, dolcetto, barbera, gewurztraminer and sangiovese sourced from five different vineyards. Flavours throw shapes all over the dance floor: raspberry lollies, lemon myrtle, a heaving bowl of fresh-picked cherries and zippy energy. One for the Esky." Katie Spain

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