The Warden Red Blend

19 Crimes

The Warden Red Blend

$30.25

* Suggested retail price
Product code
13846179
Format
6 x 750ml
Listing type
SAQ Specialty by lot
Status
Not available
Type of product
Wine
Licensee price
$26.18
Country
Australia
Regulated designation
Not Applicable
Region
South Australia
Classification
Not Applicable
Alcohol percentage
14.50%
Colour
Red
Sugar
Very Dry 0-5 gm sugar-L
Closure type
Screw Cap
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About this winery

Nineteen crimes turned criminals into colonists. Upon conviction British rogues guilty of a least one of the 19 crimes were sentenced to live in Australia, rather than death. This punishment by "transportation" began in 1783 and many of the lawless died at sea. For the rough-hewn prisoners who made it to shore, a new world awaited. As pioneers in a frontier penal colony, they forged a new country and new lives, brick by brick. This wine celebrates the rules they broke and the culture they...

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Tasting notes

Dense with bright purple hues, this wine is brooding with dark cherry, black-berry, boysenberry, chocolate, mocha, and lighted vanilla bean. This wine is mouth coating with lashings of criminally intense dark fruits supported by sweet vanillin oak and a hint of chocolate. The plush tannin structure provides persistence, balance and line to this rich and generous wine.