Ferngrove King Malbec
Frankland River
Price Range at Release: $30-$49
Vintage: 2018
Alc %: 135.0
$ Rel: 38
Pristine supple and smooth this measured elegant malbec has a translucently clear fragrance of small berries and creamy cedary oak that becomes more suggestive of mulberries and blackberries with breathing Its long and restrained with a fine line of gentle fruit that gain richness and plushness down the palate Underpinned by fine dusty tannins its likely to build both body and flavour
Last Date Tasted: 1362020
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Cellar
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Drink Now
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Maybe Too Old
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Vintage
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Score/100
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Score/20
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Year To Drink
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2018
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92 | 17.7 | 2026-2030  | |
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2018
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93 | 18.2 | 2026-2030 | |
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2017
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91 | 17.5 | 2025-2029  | |
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2016
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89 | 16.8 | 2021-2024 | |
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2014
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91 | 17.5 | 2022-2026 | |
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2013
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92 | 17.8 | 2025-2033 | |
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2012
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93 | 18.0 | 2020-2024 | |
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2011
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94 | 18.3 | 2023-2031 | |
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2010
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93 | 18.0 | 2022-2030 | |
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2009
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93 | 18.2 | 2017-2021  | |
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2008
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94 | 18.5 | 2016-2020 | |
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2007
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95 | 18.7 | 2015-2019 | |
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2006
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92 | 17.8 | 2014-2018 | |
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2005
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89 | 16.9 | 2010-2013 | |
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2004
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91 | 17.4 | 2012-2016 | |
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2001
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87 | 16.3 | 2009-2013 |
Winery
Ferngrove
Now owned by China's Hangzhou Wine Group, Ferngrove is one of Australia's most impressive wine producers. It has struck a formula that enables it to bottle high-quality wine and sell it for a price that must leave competitors wondering how. Its premier wines all retail for less than $30, but easily hold their own against any range within Australia up to $50. As a group, they're pristine and deeply flavoured, made with some real flair and attitude, and are suited to drinking early or after cellaring. The 'cheaper' wines are at least as competitive. The typically mineral 2014 Cossack Riesling shows yet again why this is one of my favourite Australian rieslings.
Chief Executive(s):
Andrew Blythe
Winemaker:
Mark O'Callaghan, Marco Pinares, Marelize Russouw
Viticulturist:
Chris Zur
Production Dozen:
100000
Tonnes Processed:
1500
White Wines
Butterfly Chardonnay
Cossack Riesling >Diamond Chardonnay >Frankland River Chardonnay >Frankland River Riesling
Frankland River Sauvignon Blanc >Frankland River Semillon Sauvignon Blanc Blend >Off-Dry Riesling >Symbols Sauvignon Blanc
Symbols Unwooded Chardonnay
Address:
276 Ferngrove Road , Frankland River , Western Australia 6398 Australia
Cellar Door Open Hours:
New Cellar door opening Dec 2011
Principal Wine Region:
Frankland River
Telephone:
(08) 9855 2378
Facsimile:
(08) 9855 2368
Website:
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