I tasted this wine at a Cline Wine Dinner in Lan Kwai Fong organized on the back of Vinexpo at the end of May. Now Mouvredre is commonly found in Rhone style blends including GSM blends all around the world, and although it is said that it is sometimes found in Australian port style wines, I have not personally tried that myself. This however is an unfortified late harvest dessert wine made from Mourvedre.
Made with selected fruit (which undergo natural raisining on the vine) from their Big Break vineyard, the must is left to ferment on its own without added yeast, which proceeds until stopped by a mixture of alcohol and sugar. This 2011 example was harvested at 33.6 Brix and ended up as a 14.5% alcohol wine with 7g/L total acidity and 88.4g/L residual sugar. The winw was a deep ruby with a sweet jammy berry orangey nose. It was sweet berry and luscious on the palate, with an orangey acid backbone.
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