Spanish inspired, Australian made Tempranillo from the adventurous Chaffey Bros brand. This dry Aussie red is smooth, soft textured and tastes of ripe fruit flavours of red and dark plums, stewed and dried. It’s made from two vineyards in the Barossa Valley, South Australia, one of them with 70+ years of vine age, which comes through in this wine’s superb concentration of flavour – older vines are thought to deliver richer flavours.
The inspiration for La Conquista comes from Spain’s most famous red wine, Rioja, which is usually a blend. This is also a blend and uses the same grapes as found in Rioja – namely, Tempranillo with Grenache and Graciano (from the cooler Eden Valley) for support.
The wine is named after the 1811 Battle of the Barrosa in Cad?z.