2021 Mayford Ovens Crossing Tempranillo Cabernet Sauvignon

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The flagship blend from the pint-sized Mayford vineyard in picturesque Porepunkah. Tempranillo and Cabernet, all estate grown.

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This is the flagship wine that sits at the top of the tree from Eleana Anderson at Mayford Wines in Porepunkah.

This unusual blend captures the essence of this special pint-sized vineyard. The Cabernet component for this wine comes from vines planted at Mayford back in 2011.

The other portion of the blend is made up of the famous Mayford Tempranillo, one of the country's leading examples of the variety.

This is not a big wine but it has plenty of horsepower under the hood. Inwardly concentrated, beautifully balanced, it's a heroic release from the charming boutique wine producer.

96 points
"Ripe blue, red, and black berries mesh beautifully with dried rosemary, earth, red licorice, and vanillin oak. So smooth it glides across the tongue. Tannins are just so, spice is heady, the effect is stunningly memorable."
- Jeni Port (Halliday Wine Companion)

95 points
"There’s a chorus of flavours that lifts in harmony along the back of finely grained, yet powerful tannins. Great length and precision to the drying end." 
- Stuart Knox (The Real Review)

94+ points
"The Tempranillo aspect may not be so traditional, granted, but the bold style of this wine, and the bold framework of tannin, and the polish, and indeed the freshness, all point to a red wine of power, purpose, and poise." 
- Campbell Mattinson (The Wine Front)

96 points – "An attention-grabbing blend highlighting all the strengths of two classic grapes: Tempranillo and Cabernet Sauvignon. Ripe blue, red, and black berries mesh beautifully with dried rosemary, earth, red licorice, and vanillin oak. So smooth it glides across the tongue. Tannins are just so, spice is heady, the effect is stunningly memorable." – Jeni Port (Halliday Wine Companion)

95 points – "Ink black core into a deep ruby rim. Blackberry, black olive, and graphite minerals on the nose. Rich and powerful on the palate, loaded with black fruits, anise, graphite, and black olive tapenade notes. There’s a chorus of flavours that lifts in harmony along the back of finely grained, yet powerful tannins. Great length and precision to the drying end. Will be best suited to a serious roast of beef." – Stuart Knox (The Real Review)

94+ points – "If you’re into cellaring wine and enjoy traditional Australian red styles, then this wine is money in the bank. The Tempranillo aspect may not be so traditional, granted, but the bold style of this wine, and the bold framework of tannin, and the polish, and indeed the freshness, all point to a red wine of power, purpose, and poise. The fruit here is excellent. The oak, while fractionally assertive at present, ties it all together admirably. And the tannin has some real flex to it. Once the oak settles, this will rate higher still." – Campbell Mattinson (The Wine Front)

A cool and European season produced perfumed and finely structured wineswith excellent aging potential. The 2021 harvest was two-three weeks later than ‘usual’ and the crop enjoyed the benefits of long, slow ripening without extreme temperatures. The distinct diurnal range of the sub-alpine Mayford vineyard in Porepunkah provides ideal conditions for ripening Tempranillo and Cabernet Sauvignon, the two heroes of this unique blend, with Malbec in a minor, yet major role, adding aromatic precision and fresh minerality.

WINEMAKING & TASTING NOTES

Small parcels of low-cropping Tempranillo were hand-picked from the ridge of the oldest Tempranillo block in mid-March, and the Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec some three weeks later. Each batch was chilled and cold soaked before undergoing natural yeast fermentation in small open fermenters, then basket pressed, just prior to dryness, to finish fermentation and MLF in oak.

Nominally allocated at pressing for the Ovens Crossing blend, these components were put to French oak barriques- 50% new – for 11 months and then blended and returned to older oak for a further 13 months. A further 18 months of bottle maturation allowed the oak, fruit and tannins to weave their way into balance for a late winter 2024 release.

Deeply scented with dark, exotic fruits- cassis and black berries- freshened with violet floral notes and spice box- a heady mix of sandlewood, anise, dried rosemaryand cloves. A truly gorgeous wine- dark, brooding, layered and delicious. With depth but also lightness, complexity as well as freshness, rippling with fine tannins, bursting with fragrance and all in perfect pitch.

Drink 2024-2039

Bottled February 2023

Mayford Ovens Crossing is made in limited volumes from exceptional vintages.

Price Bracket $51 to $100
Type Red
Body Full Bodied
Variety Tempranillo
Country Australia
Region Alpine Valleys
Australian State VIC
Feature High Score
Women in Wine
Reviewed By Halliday Wine Companion
The Wine Front
The Real Review
Critic Score 95
94
96
Alcohol 14%
Size 750ml
Vintage 2021
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