Hewitson Private Cellar Tempranillo 2006

Was curious about this wine, an Australian Tempranillo at $60, which seems fairly steep for the variety in this country. But anyway it opened to a very rich and heady bouquet of red berries, licorice, cream, moca and spices. On the palate it was a big and deep wine, but in balance with some lovely soft tannins, acid backbone and some minerals. Really a joy to drink now and certainly built for time. An excellent treatment of the variety.
50+4+13+18+8 = 93/100