2023 Nick Spencer Wines Medium Dry Red Blend

Highly Rated
Nick Spencer's modern take on a classic, old-school Aussie Claret.
4.8
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
4 Reviews

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Description

Nick Spencer’s Medium Dry Red Blend is a nod to a golden era of Australian wine – the classic ‘Aussie clarets’ of the 50s, 60s and 70s. Back then, the focus was on crafting beautiful, balanced wines from multiple varieties rather than spotlighting single regions or grapes. Nick’s 2023 version captures that spirit in a modern, polished way.

Built on a Cabernet Sauvignon base, with Shiraz and a splash of Malbec, it’s vivid and immediately engaging. Expect a lifted, floral nose with notes of blue and black fruits, ironstone, aniseed, and a hint of dark chocolate. The palate is juicy and medium-bodied, with a crunchy cranberry-like acidity and silky tannins that promise a good few years of evolution if you have the patience.

As always with Nick’s wines, it’s an exercise in balance, charm, and drinkability. A roast lamb or a hearty tray of roast veggies would do it justice. This is a true-blue, proper Australian red, thoughtfully done.

95 points
"This is such a pure expression of cabernet. It has depth, flavour, scaffolding and length, but most especially, it’s lifted. It tastes of boysenberry, cocoa, bay leaves and fennel, with complex tannin spreading and running through the juiciness of the finish. Drinking this is like watching steam rise from a cool dark pond; here though the steam is scent. It just keeps on rising as if it can barely stop itself. It’s a beautiful drink and a charming experience."
- Campbell Mattinson (The Wine Front)

95 points - "Australian wine can be a brash place, but it still manages to provide harbour to some considered, thoughtful souls, of which Nick Spencer is one. He is the real deal, in short. His wines are more than wines. They are their grapes laid bare.

This is such a pure expression of cabernet. It has depth, flavour, scaffolding and length, but most especially, it’s lifted. It tastes of boysenberry, cocoa, bay leaves and fennel, with complex tannin spreading and running through the juiciness of the finish. Drinking this is like watching steam rise from a cool dark pond; here though the steam is scent. It just keeps on rising as if it can barely stop itself. It’s a beautiful drink and a charming experience." - Campbell Mattinson (The Wine Front)

Customer Reviews

4.8
Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars
Based on 4 reviews
Total 5 star reviews: 3 Total 4 star reviews: 1 Total 3 star reviews: 0 Total 2 star reviews: 0 Total 1 star reviews: 0
4 reviews
  • JW
    James W.
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    2 years ago
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    2021 Nick Spencer Wines Medium Dry Red Blend
    Rated 4 out of 5 stars
    Great blend

    Beautiful blend. Medium bodied. Unreal food/table wine. Would buy again.

  • MY
    Marc Y.
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    4 years ago
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    2021 Nick Spencer Wines Medium Dry Red Blend
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Nick Spencer Gundagai Medium Dry Red

    Great well balanced wine from a top producer

  • JS
    Judy S.
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    5 years ago
    Wine Knowledge Level Cork Dork
    Reviewing
    2021 Nick Spencer Wines Medium Dry Red Blend
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Great drop

    Great wine on its own but especially with Food

2023 Medium Dry Red, Gundagai, NSW

Inspired by the Australian ‘Clarets’ of the 50’s 60’s and 70’s. The Medium Red Blend pays homage to the Classic Australian Red Blend, Shiraz and Cabernet.

Tasting Notes

Remarkable lifted floral nose with iron filings, blue and black fruits aniseed and chocolate. The palate has a lovely crunch of acidity with an almost cranberry like character.

Price Bracket $31 to $40
Type Red
Body Full Bodied
Variety Cabernet Sauvignon
Variety Style ["Cabernet Blends"]
Country Australia
Region Gundagai
Australian State NSW
Feature High Score
Reviewed By The Wine Front
Critic Score 95
Alcohol 13%
Size 750ml
Vintage 2023
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Nick Spencer Wines

Nick Spencer is one of NSW's most decorated winemakers. Over the span of more than two decades, he has become perhaps the state's most outspoken advocate for the potential of the regions of the NSW High Country, in particular, Tumbarumba and Gundagai.

Nick's wines exemplify balance, style, immense drinkability and exceptional value for money. As his label has expanded, his winemaking has become more adventurous, now incorporating the use of amphora, sulphur-free bottlings and a more stripped-back winemaking style to highlight the quality of the fruit that these lesser-known NSW regions can produce.

He is one of the most important producers in NSW today and is the touchstone of quality for the state.

Winemaker Nick Spencer Nick Spencer Wines

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