Wines made from Mourvèdre grapes of Central Victoria
Discover the best wines made with Mourvèdre as a single variety or as a blend of Central Victoria.
Powerful, deep reds with firm tannins and dense texture, showing aromas of blackberry, leather, garrigue, black pepper, liquorice and animal notes (game, forest floor) with age. Star of Bandol AOC as a single variety and pillar of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Gigondas and Costières blends. Also in GSM in Languedoc and Australia. A late-ripening variety of Spanish origin (Mataró/Monastrell).
Central wine zone of Australian Victoria, home of great terroir-driven Shiraz. Heathcote stars on red Cambrian soil: powerful and velvety reds with signature notes of blackberry, plum, chocolate, eucalyptus, sweet spices and ferrous mineral touch, round tannins and long ageing — world reference. Firm Cabernet in Bendigo, unique Marsanne in Goulburn Valley (yellow fruits, honey, herbs), ample Chardonnay and Viognier. Temperate continental climate.