Berton Vineyard Winemakers Reserve Durif 2021
£11.75
The wine
The Riverina's signature grape, poured with the volume up. Inky and dark, with intense aromas of violets, blackberry and subtle chocolate. The concentrated palate layers blackberry, anise and smoky liquorice, while well-integrated mocha oak and tight tannins add complexity and depth through a long, flavoursome finish. A steal for lovers of big, brooding reds.
The producer
Berton Vineyard
View all Berton Vineyard winesBerton Vineyard was established by Bob and Cherie Berton in May 1996, with thirty hectares of gently rolling hills at 450 metres in High Eden, a subregion of South Australia's Eden Valley. The superb Reserve Shiraz and Reserve Chardonnay are still sourced from that original plot.
In 2007 Bob purchased the Yenda winery in the heart of the Riverina, a state-of-the-art facility with the capacity to process 20,000 tonnes. It is this combination that defines Berton: genuinely characterful, value-driven ranges such as Foundstone and Metal Label sitting alongside premium single vineyard wines from Barossa, Coonawarra and High Eden.
The range runs from crisp Pinot Grigio and unoaked Chardonnay through the cult favourite Black Shiraz and inky Durif to The Bonsai, their flagship High Eden Shiraz Cabernet. Sunshine in a bottle, made properly.
