"Today’s wine was a gift from a fellow wine writer, Stuart over at The Vinsomniac It’s very much a curiosity, and while there are some things that can be determined from the bottle and the producer’s website, writing up this wine has left me with more questions than answers. If answers are found subsequently, I’ll certainly update this post. And with that puzzling introduction, I give you Ridgemill Estate The Czar Saperavi 2012.
This wine is produced and bottled in Severnlea, which puts it in the Granite Belt wine region in Queensland, Australia. For those not familiar with this country, Queensland is the state in the north east corner and is home to Brisbane, Cairns, Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, and the Great Barrier Reef. It’s the tourists’ image of Australia, with kangaroos hopping along the beach, and it’s not an image that lines up well with growing grapes for wine."
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