NGERINGA Altus 2008
Top Drops of the Month: Made in the style of a Tuscan vin santo from viognier grapes dehydrated on racks then pressed into a small barrel and left for five years. Gorgeous, rich and tangy flavours of candied peel and spice. Drink with biscotti.
NGERINGA Altus 2008
93 points. Raisins, figs, dates chime in as the secondary notes, some garam masala and curry powder too. The kick of cedary spice and alcohol sweetness lends great personality to the palate it’s slick, a touch hot, peppered with quince and nuttiness, but refreshes through the back palate with crisp acidity. Great after dinner wine no doubt, lots of spice and concentrated slipperiness of dried fruits and dusty, dark chocolate stuff going on too. Pretty successful version, if you’re into this stuff.
NGERINGA Syrah 2010
94 points. The hue is good, although not particularly deep; has the elegance and varietal expression expected of the Adelaide Hills in a good vintage such as this; the bouquet has spice and pepper, which continue to season the medium-bodied palate, where savoury characters also emerge, the oak well-integrated.
NGERINGA Syrah 2010
CELLARWORTHY. This is an amazing wine. I tasted my way through a bottle over six days and it just got better and better (a sure sign of cellarworthiness): sinewy black fruit relaxing into autumnal flavours of damp earth and forest leaf litter.
NGERINGA Syrah 2010
93 points. Spicy! Immediate default for the wine. Medium bodied, glossy texture, fresh, frisky finish. Seamless flow. Cool, red fruits. Floral. Pepper. Delicious wine here, easy to drink, flows effortlessly, finishes long. Sleek, tight, fine, grainy tannins tugging through the wine. Has a finesse and elegance. Leafiness finds a place, crunchy acidity too. It’s mouthwatering after each sip. Fine wine, in a more slender, linear guise. Drink lots.
NGERINGA Syrah 2009
Dark, sinewy, brooding and age worthy.
NGERINGA Sangiovese 2013
93 points. Biodynamically-grown sangiovese from the Adelaide Hills. Perfumed and yet savoury. Sex and conversation. Jubey cherries and boysenberries, spicy twig notes, even a gentle meatiness. The 2010 had a pinot noir-esque personality and so too does this 2013. Juicy and perfumed with a thread of spicy tannin. It is most enjoyable.
NGERINGA Sangiovese 2010
94 points. Light, bright red; clear varietal expression of red cherries, warm spices and a hint of sour cherry, the tannins super fine but lengthening the finish. Delicious wine.
NGERINGA Sangiovese 2010
93 points. From somewhere up high on Mount Barker, or thereabouts. Romantic high country with biodynamics in full swing. Gentle hands in the winery. Did a double take in a blind line-up, the pinosity of this wine was marked. Sour cherry, gently spicy, but the dried herbs and bloody, meaty qualities eventually rise and rise. In the palate, again, this unusual silky glide. No doubt that prickly spice darts around and sandy tannins build through the finish of the wine, but there’s high drinkability here as suppleness yields to grip. ...
NGERINGA Sangiovese 2010
92++ points. Erinn and Janet Klein grow and make this wild lovely on the sandstone shoulders of Mt Barker Summit. It’s pretty and prickly, both at once – it made me think of Katherine Hepburn when she was pushing 19 years of age.