2008 WINE BY BRAD CABERNET MERLOT
Remember Steve Silvermint, the cool clean hero. Could be another one on the banks of Australia’s Margaret River. This dude goes by the name of Brad and is making some class wines with cooler than cool cartoon labels. |
| Brad: Dark Horse of the Margaret River |
After a string of medal winning performances, modesty may not be his strong point but making wines is and he operates down in that favoured corner of South West of Australia, a few hours south of Perth. He is well able to tout the wines but then the wine is good and he has pages of references to back him up.
Here is a sample list: "a steal for the price", "a must for your mum's next lamb roast ". “The flavours sing persistently in your mouth.” “Brad makes sensational value Margaret River wines at scoffing prices.” “His cab merlot is a ripper.”
Wine Alliance have recently imported some Wines by Brad, including that 2008 Cab Merlot. ABV is 13.5% and the RRP is €15.99.
I’m not too sure what a ripper is but this is certainly a class act in a bottle, its promise from the first sip delivered with style to the end. Plums and blackcurrant on the palate, it has an oaky edge and firm enough tannins. The balance is impeccable in this soft and generous wine. Colour is dark red and the nose is blackcurrant. PR: 8
Alliance Stockists include
1601 Off Licence, Kinsale Cork
Bradleys Off Licence, North Main Street Cork
JJ O'Driscoll's, Ballinlough, Cork
Barry’s, Midleton, Cork
Cases Wine Warehouse, Galway
Morton’s of Galway, Salthill, Galway
World Wide Wines, Dunmore Road, Waterford
On The Grapevine, Dalkey, Dublin
Hollands of Bray, Bray, Wicklow
Der O Sullivan, The Mall, Tralee
More stockists coming very soon!
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