$55.00
Blend of Merlot (60%), Malbec (30%) and Cabernet Franc (10%).
Deep red in colour, the nose has an enticing aroma of blueberry, boysenberry and cassis. The palate has an abundance of fruit but equal amounts of fine grained tannins and balancing acidity to guarantee enjoyment now with rich meat dishes or cellaring over a few more years. This wine may throw a harmless natural deposit over time.
Liquor Licensing Act 1990
It is an offence for liquor to be delivered to a person under the age of 18 years or for a person under the age of 18 years to purchase liquor.
Grey Sands Vineyard encourages responsible consumption of alcohol.
Liquor Licence No. 75119433
6 Kerrisons Road – Glengarry 7275
P.O. Box 518 – Exeter 7275
Tasmania, Australia
We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the land (lutruwita) where we live, and grow our wines. Sovereignty has never been ceded.
Tony Peters –
2016 Grey Sands The Mattock
Posted on November 22, 2022 by Tony Peters
Taking nothing away from the big wine producers and their expansive cellar doors, I do enjoy visiting the smaller wineries and their cellar doors that could be a converted barn, former homestead or something as simple as a trestle table set up in the winery. For me, they seem to have a certain charm, genuineness and uniqueness to them. And, when you visit the cellar door, there’s a chance you will be greeted by the owner and/or winemaker, who is happy to spend the time, share their wine and convivial conversation with you. This is exactly what happens when you visit Bob & Rita Richter at Grey Sands vineyard. It is always a pleasurable visit as you sit on their veranda, taste wine at their outdoor table as you take in the view, and you can’t help but go away feeling like you’ve made new friends.
I do very much enjoy this particular wine in the Grey Sands line-up. It is very giving on the palate in the form of dark fruit characters that are plush, generous and mouth-filling. The tannins are always fine and nicely integrated with the abundant fruit making for a wine that is congenial and approachable already, but with plenty of age-ability tucked in under all of that too. Here is your hearty red meat dish or hard cheese partner all under the one cork.
Region: Glengarry, Tasmania Price: $50 Source: Generous gift
Patrick Eckel Wine Reviewer –
2016 Grey Sands The Mattock October 17, 2022
Wine Rating
91
A blend of Merlot, Malbec and Cabernet Franc.
A nose that is more about cured meats, dusty cedar wood and undergrowth than fruit, fruit comes in the form of blackberry and plum; but not the main event. The wine continues its savoury, brine and olive flow with open tannins and gentle wood spice set against fine but drying acidity. The finish sees a build of grainier tannins that take on earth and charcuterie with a wash of plum fruit that is moving towards a secondary, integrated place.
WHEN TO DRINK
Optimal Drinking
2022 – 2027
Date Reviewed
10 16, 2022
Jeremy Oliver –
2016 Grey Sands The Mattock Jeremy Oliver. Oliver’s Wines http://www.olivers-wines.com.au
A powerful, structural, textural right bank Bordeaux style with grip and astringency, texture and power and length. Dark plums, cherries, cassis and redcurrants are integrated with cedar/dark chocolate oak, with a hint of cigarbox beneath. Quite a sleeper, still looking very young, it needs time. There’s just a hint of mint and menthol, but they are likely to diminish over time. Year to Drink 2028-2036+ Jeremy’s score 94/100
Wine Selector Magazine MAR/Apr 25 Issue 93 –
Tres Elegant
Grey Sands The Mattock 2016
Gorgeous sweet Merlot & Cab Franc-driven aromatics are beautifully perfumed with plums and cassis, complemented by lovely shades of tomato bush, cigar box and fine earth.
The palate core is a melange of plums, cassis, black and white pepper and rosella flower, medium bodied and elegant, with finely structured tannins framing the mouthfeel.
Fresh and vibrant now, with a long life ahead.
Pairing and cellaring
A dinner party wine par excellence.
Serve with roasted lamb rack, Dauphinois potatoes and Dijon mustard. Cellar from now until 2035
Mark Smith –
Rita and Bob Richter are committed to producing distinctive wines for the long haul. But how far is a long haul? This week’s opening of The Mattock from the 2012 vintage suggests a decade at least for these wines, and probably closer to 20 years from the most favourable of seasons. That 2012 looked more Bordeaux than many Bordeaux of similar ilk. Deep and almost inky in the glass, the wine still displays plenty of rich ripe – almost plum pudding/mulberry – fruit aromas on first pour. And they build in crescendo with a little air. The palate is complete, sumptuous, delicious even, with a neat dose of ripe tannins to drive the finish and offer some austerity as a welcome counterpoint to that fruit opulence. The 2012 drank very well indeed from an early age, so there’s every likelihood that wines like the 2016 will be genuinely age-worthy too if you have hankering to find out what will become of these well-crafted wonders with a bit of patience and some cool cellaring conditions. Sorry Tony Peters, I’m a pedant. Forget the cheese, The Mattock was built from the ground up for juicy Tasmanian lamb.