The Running With Bulls wines are always around the mark and this is another good drink. Red berried fruit flavours with some darker tones blend nicely with woodsy spice and florals. It’s medium in weight but it feels well-rounded and while I wouldn’t call it creamy there’s a pleasing softness to the texture. One glass wasn’t enough, let’s just say.

Smashable deluxe, this Barossa Tempranillo nails the price point. This is the red you want to hunt down when seeking an easy-drinking yet incredibly tasty red. Find this. Super smooth and super tasty with an easy-going persona, it's all charcuterie, pan juices, dark cherries and chocolate. Its pretty blue and purple flower perfume keeps you coming back for more. The bottle will be drained in quick time. Give it a slight chill in warmer months to further enhance its versatility but pizza, pasta and burger night are bursting at the seams to sit beside this.

2023 Brisbane Wine Show

Mid-crimson in colour and showing the fun side of Tempranillo with its punchy, user-friendly dark berry fruit aromas with leather and spice sitting well in the background. Great generosity of supple fruit flavours follows with a little touch of tobacco before chewy tannins arrive to support quite a decent finish. Now–2024.

Consistently one of my favorite value for money red wines. It really captures so much about the engaging drinking qualities of this variety with a spicy cola character on the nose merging into the black fruits, while the palate delivers with a plush mix of dark chocolate and wild berry. It’s also soft and velvety with a smooth succulent mouth feel.