ATR Wines Hard Hill Road Mule Variation 2018

ATR Wines Hard Hill Road Mule Variation 2018A blend of nebbiolo, tannat, petite sirah (durif) and shiraz from the A. T. Richardson vineyard in the Grampians region. The name Mule Variations comes from a Tom Waits album. "Waits has this gravelly, gruff voice that he is able to transform into beautiful melodies,' Adam Richardson says. "I have done something similar; I took varieties known for producing robustly structured wines and attempted to tame them to make a supple and elegant, full bodied

that Killeen would acquire during his short

making it an ideal location for the production of extreme cool-climate wines

It tastes great too

almost inky purple/red colour

The oak (as it should) plays a supporting role and the fruit is backed up by soft

There's cola too

The wine was matured for 15 months in 100% new American oak hogsheads

The first thing you notice is that lovely purple colour – an amazing

Erin Larkin talks about Vat 1 Semillon (2006 vintage is at 4:52 into the video)

Accomplished

however it warded off any danger from frost

rich cassis