2022 Mr. Riggs Yacca Paddock Tempranillo 6 Pack

Mike Bennie - Halliday's Wine Companion

Sourced from two sites in the Adelaide Hills. A warm and ripe iteration of tempranillo, with classic characters of cherry cola, sarsaparilla, new leather and woody spices with an addition here of fig/date and roasted hazelnut. It's quite resinous and firm in the palate, more leaning into a dry red style with its strings of twiggy tannin in tow, but you can see most of the DNA of the variety decently, and the firmness could be called structure by some too. A little bit more freshness and pep would be a remedy for the dry reddy experience on hand, but, hey.