Reminder!
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~ 3 October 2025 ~
5.00—7.00 p.m.
Mayford Tasting with Eleana Anderson
Free and unstructured, no bookings required.
~ On Tasting ~
2023 Porepunkah Chardonnay
2023 Porepunkah Tempranillo
2021 ‘Ovens Crossing’
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Mayford
Porepunkah, Australia
“Sometimes you just have to throw a few wines into the ring and see what happens.
I ordered the Mayford Tempranillo to ensure we had an alternative varietal from Australia on the shelf. Last week I opened a bottle to write a tasting note, and was simply rewarded with Australia’s finest Tempranillo.
This is not a wine for everyone. This is a deeply serious wine, a wine of conviction and gravitas that will reward serious contemplation when in the glass, and serious cellaring alike.
Our response was similar to the Chardonnay. A handful of bottles came in with the Tempranillo above. We sampled. We were astonished by the quality and qualities of the wine. Here is a Chardonnay with all the weight and power of Beechworth, as well as a similar mineral and praline-led flavour spectrum, but with greater finesse and delicacy than their counterparts to the North.
These wines have to be tasted to be believed. Otherwise you can just take my word for it …”
— David
~ still available ~
Mayford 2022 Porepunkah Tempranillo
(Shelf price: $54.00)
Offer: $45.00
“A deep, nearly fully opaque ruby with hints of violet trimming. Unfurls slowly in the glass with great reserve. Initially: cigar humidor, wet stone, and black cherry preserve. There is a thin veneer of oak here that like a black hole is pulling the oxygen beyond the event horizon, rewarding us on the other side with integration. Cocoa nibs, bitter dark chocolate, graphite, maduro cigar wrapper, warm embers, camphor, cured leather all gain in delineation. The palate is medium bodied, fresh with bright acidity; firm tannins rise in the late palate and provide ample grip. These tannins posses a beautiful, old-world layered quality. There is again an interplay of freshness and brightness, a light at the end of the tunnel, at the conclusion almost 15 seconds after a sip. Red cherries abound; there is great succulence here before river stone minerality, bitter chocolate, and orange zest. Dried herbs, especially marjoram and bay, emerge slowly. There is a fascinating cotillon danced between these
elements on the close. Assuredly Australia’s finest Tempranillo.
I am instantly enamoured. A case of these are disappearing into the cellar.”
— David
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If you would like any of the above, would like to come by for a private appointment, or just have some questions — please let us know.