Corymbia Rocket's Vineyard Tempranillo Malbec Blend
Swan Valley
Price Range at Release: $30-$49
Vintage: 2023
Alc %: 13.9
$ Rel: 44
Genius winemaking and a superbly managed site has created the best Swan Valley red in decades. Laced with fiery scents of paprika and eastern spice, its heady bouquet of dark violet-like floral notes, blackberries, dark plums, briar and dark chocolates reveals a hint of roasting meats. It's sumptuous and bloody, long and mouthfilling, unfolding a smooth core of dark, perfectly ripened fruits framed by firmish fine tannins before finishing with softness, savoury qualities and a lingering note of licorice.
Last Date Tasted: 16/07/2024
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Drink Now
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Winery
Corymbia
Rob Mann has drawn from inspiration within his family and their Swan Valley roots, plus some obvious affection for Spanish red wine from tempranillo, to craft two truly remarkable wines from the Swan Valley. Sourced from the vineyard previously owned by his father, Tony, there's a tempranillo-driven red blend of considerable perfume and savoury nature, plus a white that has evolved into a 100% chenin blanc, identifiably homage to Rob's grandfather and winemaking legend of Western Australia, Jack Mann, whose enduring invention, Houghton's White Burgundy, was initially based around Swan Valley plantings of this grape. There's pleasing depth of fruit and perfume about this wine, along with a creaminess, brightness and refreshing finish that is perhaps more European than Australian in style.
Rob and Genevieve Mann have also purchased a site in Margaret River close to the rocky shores of the Indian Ocean from which they harvest and create their Cabernet Sauvignon. In a Margaret River context this is a wine of rare elegance and fineness. It's only been made for a year or two, so it doesn't yet have a cellaring record. I'm not in the least bothered by this, and expect it to become a regional classic, if indeed one of its own individual style.
Chief Executive(s):
Genevieve Mann
Winemaker:
Rob Mann, Genevieve Mann
Production Dozen:
200
Address:
Rocket's Vineyard , 30 Nolan Avenue , Upper Swan , Western Australia 6069 Australia
Principal Wine Region:
Swan Valley,Margaret River
Telephone:
0417 834 847
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