La Linea Tempranillo Sureño 2022 lake-wanaka showing gorgeous flavors of white

showing gorgeous flavors of white fruit and earth spice

It’s everything we hope for from mature claret: tobacco and spice

let alone Spain

with firm silky tannins merging wonderfully into a dense and refreshing finish

20-30% large barrel

La Linea Tempranillo Sureño 2022 lake-wanaka showing gorgeous flavors of whiteLa Linea hatched in Peter Leske's head in late 2006, soon after leaving Nepenthe. He had been Winemaker at the super premium Adelaide Hills company since its foundation just over a decade earlier. Contemplating his next step, he found the aroma and taste of a dry, fine ros made from Tempranillo grapes turning over and over in his mind. Imagining aromas and flavours that don't exist can be frustrating but it's the winemaking equivalent of a melody