Alternative Varieties Mixed Red Pack (6 x 750mL)

Our Notes

Six bottles, four grapes you won't find on the average dinner table. Georgian Saperavi, Spanish Mencía and Tempranillo, and Italian Montepulciano — all grown in Australia by small makers who backed these varieties long before anyone else did. Dark, spicy and built for food, it's the easiest way to drink beyond Shiraz without leaving your comfort zone.

1 x Alejandro by RGS Saperavi
Inky, red-fleshed Georgian grape from Alex Russell's Murray Darling plantings. Mulberry, blueberry and liquorice with fennel and toasty French and American oak, finishing on firm ripe tannin. 

1 x d'Arenberg The Anthropocene Epoch Mencía
One of the only Australian Mencías available, from Chester Osborn in McLaren Vale. Bottled early for freshness, with mulberry, plum and raspberry, crushed violets and fine white pepper over a silky mid-palate. 

2 x Alejandro by RGS Montepulciano
The value pick of the range. Violets, dark cherry and blackberry with sweet spice and integrated French oak, followed by a long savoury finish. 

2 x Meehan Vineyard Tempranillo
From a tiny family vineyard in Heathcote, planted on the region's famous Cambrian soil. Only around 1,200 dozen bottles are produced annually across the entire range. Expect dark plum and cherry, mixed spice and cola, with sandy, savoury tannins.