Hewitson 'Old Garden' Mourvedre 'Museum release' 2010

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Hewitson 'Old Garden' Mourvedre 'Museum release' 2010Dean Hewitson famously lays claim to making wine from the oldest Mourvedre vineyard in the world. Its a small site (8 rows from memory) and not a lot of fruit is produced by these gnarly vines. However, what does come off this site it special: the wine has a blue fruit profile with bramble and Provencal herb. Tannins are pleasantly grainy but now with fourteen years of age on this release, the wine has a mellow and approachable feel. Its in a great

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