Marius Single Vineyard Almansa Syrah 2018
DOUBLE GOLD MEDAL: Sakura Japan
GOLD MEDAL: Gilbert & Gaillard
GOLD MEDAL: Portugal Wine Trophy
94 POINTS: Wine Direct Tasting Team
93 POINTS & 5 STARS: Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
"Wow, this tastes like a mini Cote Rotie! Beautiful ripe sweet plums & dark red fruits wrapped in silky tannins. You can taste the benefits of a few years in the bottle, perfectly balanced, nothing out of place. If you are looking for a serious bottle that is ready to drink this is it! Amazing quality for a wine retailing for under $20!"
- Wine Direct Tasting Team
"Beautifully fruited and fragrant with dark plum, sweet cherry, subtle spice, almond and floral aromas, it's succulent and flavoursome in the mouth delivering bright fruit flavours with silky texture and fine tannins. Modern and immediately appealing for delightful drinking."
- Sam Kim, Wine Orbit
Full-bodied red wine with ripe aromas of black cherries, plums and spicy notes of black pepper. Ripe, dark fruit presence on the mid-palate, soft, supple, fleshy tannins and a fine finish. Balanced, with excellent acidity, elegant in the mouth with a subtle hint of toastiness.
'Marius' Single Vineyard Syrah comes from a separate 110ha lot within the Finca Los Timonares Estate, the first to be owned by the Piqueras family who have produced wine for 4 generations since 1915. The estate now covers an area of 210 hectares to the southeast of Almansa, 750 metres above sea level and is composed of nutrient-poor, stony and calcareous soils with scarce rainfall – all ideal characteristics for obtaining the freshest and most expressive range of wines. Syrah is ideally suited to Almansa to make spicy wines, with lots of colour and flavour.
Enjoy this award-winning wine simply by itself or accompanied by tapas, roasted, grilled or fried dishes, barbecued or grilled red meats, cured meats (ham, chorizo, etc.) and semi and fully-matured cheeses.
ABV: 14.5%