2022

GRECO

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Greco is a fine, aromatic, firm, late ripening white from Campania in the south coast of Italy, we think it's very well suited to our environment. This is our first 100% varietal Greco and we are proud as punch!

This golden hued beauty boasts hints of straw, cashew nut, orange blossom, white jasmine and caraway on the nose, with the flavours of summer; a ginger, pear pastry and zesty lemon on the palate. Mouth-watering and perfect for warm weather and sharing with friends.

Tasting note.

Reviews of the 2022 Greco:

16.5++, Max Allen, Jancis Robinson, October 2023:
"This, the first proper crop of Greco for Hither & Yon, was the last variety they picked in McLaren Vale in 2022 – and still had such high acid that they put the wine through malo and lees-stirred in old barrels for six months to build richness. Looks a little developed, quite golden in the glass (typical of Greco), with textural savoury layers, some mandarin-peel-like waxiness, a delicious combination of richness and underlying citrus cut that should develop in a really interesting way in bottle.”

Gary Walsh, The Wine Front, March 2023:
"A new wine for H&Y, from vines planted in 2019, but gee, they are doing well. A few hours on skins and then into old wood for malo and lees stirring. Brassy colour. Nutty, saline, floral, tangerine and nashi pear. It’s spicy and offers dusty white pepper tannin, a little nutty/pastry richness, but plenty of juicy tangerine acidity, and a saline finish that’s refreshing and gently grippy. What a great debut. Highly recommended.”

Tony Love, InDaily, February 2023:
"This wine comes specifically from Sand Road, the southern Italian variety clearly loving its new home. It’s gold to light orange toned, bright and shiny – not cloudy – and is all toast and butter, roasted nuts as well with a slice in there of mandarin peel. The standout here is the textural palate, minerally and tangy with fabulous mouth-watering pithy, peppery tannins. Virtually impossible to describe the finish as it’s impossible to resist a second glass. A wonderful surprise, and will change the white wine game for trad sauvignon or chardonnay drinkers.”

2022

Sand Road Grenache

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It's almost a prerequisite that McLaren Vale wine brands should have a Grenache in their line up. The jewel of the region, our juicy and lingering Grenache gives us the warmth of growing up in the country nostalgia, think outdoor life - riding bikes, bakery treats, swooping magpies and hanging with mates.

This wine is approachable, super food friendly - or great on its own. Get to know it better in your own comfortable space or come and visit ours.

Tasting notes.

Reviews of 2022 Sand Road Grenache:

92 points, Winepilot, August 2023: https://winepilot.com/story/hither-yon/
"There’s always something special about McLaren Vale Grenache, and I enjoyed this one a lot. It’s bright and juicy (and particularly vibrant with food), showing lots of red and black fruits (wild strawberry, raspberry, blackberry, black cherry, stewed plums) and some spicy cinnamon and black pepper. Give it some time to breathe and it will express itself confidently, both on the first night and the second."

Tony Love, InDaily February 2023:
"From the Leask brothers’ youngest Grenache vines at 13 years old, crafted into a youthful, fragrant, bistro style with 20% whole bunch influence in the winemaking that offers a subtle sappiness in the palate. While you are being seduced by its floral aromas and freshly squeezed plum and apple juiciness, you should pause for a mo, as it has plenty to offer in its textural game, lip-smacking and with an appealing spicy/peppery tannin profile in the palate and finish. Bistro, yes, and very food conscious as well – its own crew suggests pairing it with the vegetable and cheese pasty from the Willunga Bakery."

2022

TEMPRANILLO

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Dark forest berries, cooling and inviting. Bold, vivacious, medium body, a lot of pizzazz! Dash of clove spice, nice glide and black cherry fruitiness carries the wine forward.

Smooth and bright, juicy with a long band of purple fruit flavour, carried with energy by the tautly fitted frame of tannins.

Tasting notes.

Reviews of the 2021 Tempranillo:

90 points, Halliday Companion 2022, Ned Goodwin:
"An everyday quaff, suggesting that handling of this early ripening variety is getting better. Bing cherry, iodine, lilac and lavender. The tension is serviced by reduction as much as a verdant lilt and vanillin streak of gentle tannins."

92 points, James Suckling 2022, Nick Stock:
"A mid-weight red that has good purtity of blueberry and cherry fruit with a faint floral and white-pepper edge. Holds a sleek and succelent stance in the mouth and delivers a vividly fresh squeeze of tannin through the finish. Drink over the next 3 years. Screw cap."

Reviews of the 2020 Tempranillo:

92 points, James Suckling 2021, Nick Stock:
"A wealth of blackcurrant, blueberry and violet florals that are really expressive and sweetly fragrant. The palate has a tautly fitted frame of tannin that carries juicy blue-fruit flavor. Fresh and crisp"

'Best in Australian Tempranillo' - Young Gun on Wine

This made the top-six lists of five tasters, with Wren placing it first on his sheet, while Andrew had it just one place back. Forbes, Jones and Infimo also rated it highly. “Cherry cola on the nose coupled with lifted red fruits such as cherries and plums – reminiscent of a summer berry pudding,” wrote Andrew. “The line of acid and tannin provide energy on the palate and carry the vibrant fruit which presents as juicy and moreish on the mid-palate."

Reviews of the 2019 Tempranillo:

92 points, Jane Faulkner, James Halliday Wine Companion, August 2021
"A lot of pizzazz packed into this with its cherry-accented fruit, sarsaparilla and woodsy spices. It's medium-bodied, juicy with firm tannins and a slight green edge on the finish means having this with food."

91 points, James Suckling:
"This is a bold, vivacious style with plenty of deep-set blueberries and cassis and a smooth and bright, juicy palate that carries a long band of bright, blue-fruit flavor."

Reviews of the 2018 Tempranillo:

95 points, James Halliday 2020 Wine Companion:
"Full of flavour, texture and life. This is about as full-bodied as tempranillo gets and, even better, it comes dressed in velvet. Plum, black cherry and cola flavours sweep through the palate in convincing fashion. Fine-grained tannin stitches the finish into a neat package. It's good."

92 points, Gary Walsh, The Wine Front:
(Posted on 09 July 2020) "It would appear we are a little late on this one, as I note, while grabbing a bottle image, that they’re on to the 2019 on their web shop. Oh well. Come hither. Cherry and plum, a little earth, BBQ sausage, and spice. It’s medium-bodied, with pleasingly sooty tannin, ample fruit and balanced acidity, a bit of sweet strawberry freshness in the mix, and a nice long even finish. What a charming wine it is. Speaks of region and grape most eloquently."

2019 Australian Alternative Varieties Wine Show - Bronze Medal "Bright red fruit strawberry and fine powdery tannins. Soft juicy and within the frame of the varietal fruit with balanced plushness and fine tannins. Cherry ripe, chocolate. Nice crunch tannins. Exotic flavours reminiscent of an Icelandic picnic."

Reviews of 2017 Tempranillo:

James Halliday, 07 August 2018, www.winecompanion.com.au
"Full, bright hue; red and black cherry on the bouquet lead directly into the palate before savoury tannins try to take a grip on proceedings." 89 points

Mike Bennie, WBM, May/June 2018, 92 points
"A more serious-feeling Tempranillo than expected with concentration and richness on its side. Perfume is appropriately floral, rose hip tea- imbued and shows whiffs of choc- Turkish Delight, while the palate is more mulberry sweetness and a dash of clove/cinnamon spice. Some real glide here too. 14.5%"

Andrew Graham, Australian Wine Review, May 2018, https://www.ozwinereview.com
"Another varietal ‘17 Vale red from Hither & Yon team. Molten, dark berry nose – it’s not Rioja but gee it’s expansive and thick fruited with that southern McLaren Vale inky density. At first I thought this might be too ripe and slick sweet, but the tannic depth and wafts of choc berry carries this forward. A genuinely substantial McLaren Vale Tempranillo. Best drinking: Wait a year or so to see it at its best and drink in 10. 17.5/20, 91/100. 14.5%, $27."

Australian Alternative Varieties Wine Show, November 2017:
Gold Medal, 95 points

Reviews of 2016 Tempranillo:

James Halliday, August 2018, 93 points and red value star, www.winecompanion.com.au
"Made from two pickings, almost 3 weeks apart. Open fermented, whole berries and bunches, and 6 months in French oak. Unequivocally varietal bouquet, with lifted aromas of fresh cherry, blueberry, and cola extract, spliced with a more savoury element. Fresh, juicy and flavoursome, but moderated by the fine tannin. Delicious."

Huon Hooke, February 2017, 90 points, www.huonhooke.com
"Deep, young purple/red colour. The wine is full-bodied and fruit-driven on the palate with bold, bright young flavour and soft but persuasive tannins. The wine is very young and primal but very good. Balance and mouth-feel are excellent and it just remains to be seen what some bottle-age might bring."

Stuart Robinson. December 2016. 90 points. www.thevinsomniac.com
"Delicious Joven style: jubey, juicy, fruits of the forest mix. The kinda wine you want to sink your head into: cooling, calming, intriguing, inviting. There's a darker edge to the palate, a light rub of tannin. Medium bodied, a twist of aniseed - lush fruit. Strikes this balance between downright simplicity, with a little dark underbelly. Would easily handle a summer-necessary chill."

2015 Tempranillo reviews:

Mike Bennie. WBM Magazine. May 2016. 93 points.
"This is Tempranillo marching to its own beat. Neither joven nor Riserva, it's a slurpy, slippery, medium weight thing that shows choc-cherry and anise characters in perfume and flavours, lushness of fruit and a lightly sandy finish. It's seriously great drinking and could take a light chill too."

Wine Enthusiast (USA). March 2016. 91 points.
Dark cherry in colour with black infections at the core, this wine has a pleasantly vinous nose of pomegranate seeds and blueberries. Sweet spice and perk acidity invigorate the medium bodied palate, while supple rounded tannins hang in the background. The finish lingers with cinnamon-dappled raspberry pie flavors. Even if only moderately complex, this wine is incredibly easy to sip. Drink now through to 2018.

Stuart Robinson. March 2016. 91 points. www.thevinsomniac.com
Savoury, woody hints, flashes of blue fruit, a little black cherry. In the house style: a juicy fruit-bomb, not lacking in a little savoury depth - a second pick of fruit comprising 12% of the wine was allowed a little extra hang-time, with some whole bunch inclusion - a little acidic reach into the corners of the palate. A light rub of tannin, some black licorice and a little bitter cocoa. Juicy, moreish, another winner from the H&Y team.

Huon Hooke. March 2016. www.huonhooke.com
"Deep red colour with a trace of purple. Dark cherry fruit pervades the bouquet, becoming chaffy with airing, while the palate is ironstony and firm, straightforward and plum-pippy, ending with a trace of bitterness. A pretty good temp."

Andrew Graham. March 2016. 88points. www.ozwinereview.com.au
Juicy red fruit, wet brick Temp varietal characters, then more raspberry and cola fruit with a little earth. It’s a nice 'joven' style this, all fruit, minimal oak and light sandy tannins. Slurpable, juicy wine, if a tad simple. Best drinking: 2017-2021.

2022

NERO D'AVOLA

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2022 was an ideal growing season; damp winter, calm spring, and mild summer. Providing lovely conditions for fruit set, balanced ripening, relaxed canopies, and of course healthy soils, courtesy of our regenerative farming practices.

The quality of the vintage is evident in this Nero d'Avola. With a crimson colour, the wine is showing blackberries, bergamot, jube, hazelnut, and spiced chai flavour. Red earth provides a natural filter and carry for the round body and succulent finish.

Tasting Notes.

Reviews of 2022 Nero d'Avola

16, Max Allen, Jancis Robinson, October 2023:
"This has been a consistent award-winner for H&Y and is one of the wines that really led the charge for Nero in the Vale. Cold-soaked (to embolden colour and fruit),ambient-yeast fermented, a year in older puncheons. Really a benchmark example of the plush, ‘wall-of-sound’, McLaren Vale Nerostyle, with loads of black, purple fruit and a big wash of supple tannin flooding the mouth."

94 points, Winepilot, August 2023: https://winepilot.com/story/hither-yon/
"N ero d’Avola is at home in Sicily but it has well and truly been embraced by Australia, too, being one of the most widely planted “alternative red varieties” here. The first thing I noticed was the supremely ripe fruit, which came across like those squishy raspberry lollies that I could eat a truckload of. There’s an abundance of other fruit here (blackberry, strawberry, red cherry), some black pepper spiciness, and some violet prettiness. It has a real presence in the mouth, full bodied and concentrated, and the palate overall is just glorious. A thoroughly enjoyable wine.

Reviews of 2021 Nero d'Avola

89 points, MaryAnn Worobiec, Wine Spectator, December 2023:
"Crisp, vibrant blackberry, raspberry puree and black pepper notes show accents of Earl Grey tea, with a firming accent on the finish, courtesy of loamy earth e. Drink now."

91 points, James Suckling, April 2023:
"Blackberries, blackcurrants, bay leaves and hints of hazelnuts here. Creamy and medium-bodied with ripe tennis and a fruity, balances and juicy finish. Drink now."

Reviews of 2020 Nero d'Avola

93 points, Halliday Companion 2022, Ned Goodwin:
"Handpicked, destemmed and crushed, with 50% whole berries kept intact. Fermented wild in an open-top concrete fermenter after a three-day cold-soak. 12 mths. in used French wood. A very warm year, this mid-weighted wine still manages verve, nero's dusty pliancy and easy drinkability quotient. Raspberry, lilac, bergamot, blue fruit aspersions, anise and thyme. A succulent swigger best served cool."

93 points, James Suckling 2021, Nick Stock:
"Impressive vintage here, this has a very fresh red-plum, raspberry, herb and leaf nose. So youthful and vivid. The palate holds good tone and depth. So much red-berry and plum fruit here. Drink over the next four years."

Reviews of 2019 Nero d'Avola

~ Best McLaren Vale Wine - Crowned "The Bushing Monarch" in 2019 ~

91 points, Halliday Companion 2022, Ned Goodwin:
"50% whole berries in the ferment. Extracted sensitively, before being transferred to used French oak. Despite the relentless heat and ensuing challenges, this has turned out well. Pulpy texture and vibrant aroma. Lilac, root spice, black cherry and anise. A sassy, easygoing mid-weight wine with a sash of dusty tannin."

91 points, The Real Review, Huon Hooke:
"Deepish purple/red colour. Aromas are of dried herbs, fresh earth and dusty roads, the taste is rich and ripely fruit-sweet at the centre, medium to full in body, with abundant tanins following up, which have the right level of grip. A hint of raspberry jam later. It's not especially complex but is certainly delicious."

Reviews of 2018 Nero d'Avola

2019 MGA McLaren Vale Wine Show:

Trophy: Best McLaren Vale Wine - "The Bushing Monarch"

Trophy: Best Mediterranean Variety Red Wine

2020 International Sydney Wine Competition:

Trophy winner for Best Full Bodied Dry Red Table Wine

Blue-Gold Award (tasted with food) and one of the Top 100 Wines of the Competition.

95 points, James Halliday Wine Companion, August 2021:

"At the upper end of the scale for Nero d'Avola. It's varietal, and certain to burst into song with appropriate Italian cuisine."

Reviews of 2017 Nero d'Avola:

James Halliday, 01 August 2018, www.winecompanion.com.au

"Bright crimson-purple hue; juicy blood plums are the driver of the wine, but with good tannins structure and an attractive savoury nip to the fruit. Three trophies, including Best Wine of Show, Australian Alternative Varieties Wine Show '17." 95 points

Mike Bennie, The Wine Front, June 2017, http://www.winefront.com.au

"There’s exuberance and enthusiasm around Hither & Yon, and they’re making a lot of very good, easy to like, personality-filled wines. Plenty of different grape varieties, blends and general vitality in their set. Nero d’Avola here built for pleasure and speed.

Sloshy, fun little drink but has a touch of class amongst its boardshorts and sandals vibe. Shows up with currant and cherry scents, a touch of sea spray and salt bush, a dash of pepper for good measure. Flavours are sour-cherry, lightly malty, a touch cherry cola-esque and fresh, vibrant, crisp in feel. Slips down without a snag, a supple but bright splash of medium weight juice. My brain went to pizza straight away, the lowbrow but delicious American, topping-laden kind with heretical pineapple or twelve toppings. Yum."

Australian Alternative Varieties Wine Show, November 2017

Trophy: Best Wine of Show

Trophy: Best Red Wine of Show

Trophy: Best Nero d'Avola

Gold Medal

Max Allen, Australian Financial Review, 23rd November 2017, www.afr.com
"This is a bloody ripper of a young red. No wonder it won three trophies (including best of show) at this year's AAVWS. It has a gorgeous saturated colour, heaps of voluptuous, seductive berry fruit, supple grippy tannins crying our for some garlicky charcoal-grilled lamb, and a lovely vibrant freshness about it, despite the 14.5% alcohol. Moreish. Delicious. Goes on sale soon at the Hither & Yon cellar door."

Adelaide Review, Hot 100 Wines 2017/2018, https://www.adelaidereview.com.au/tag/hot-100-wines-2017-18/

Fruit Forward Reds; "Uber-fragrant and lithe. Whisk this one off to a picnic and enjoy on a super fancy rug."

Reviews of 2016 Nero d'Avola:

Gold Medal at the CWSA 2017, http://www.cwsa.org

Andrew Graham, Australian Wine Review, April 2018, https://www.ozwinereview.com

"A vibrant Nero from Hither & Yon. A grape with real promise in the warmer parts of the Vale.

Lovely raspberry and red currant nose – a cavalcade of black and red berries. Sandy tannins, black licorice and dark fruit that dances on the right side of ripeness. This is what Nero should taste like – grippy tannins. black fruit, a hint of dried leaves, lots of flavour. Really good and all for 13% alcohol. Best drinking: Now to five years plus. 17.7/20, 92/100. 13%, $30."

Reviews of 2015 Nero d'Avola:

Australian Alternative Varieties Wine Show, November 2015.

Trophy: Best Red Wine of Show.

Trophy: Best Italian Red Variety.

Trophy: Best Nero d'Avola.

Gold Medal.

August 2016. James Halliday - Wine Companion. 90 Points www.winecompanion.com.au

"Attractive juicy red berry flavours; the wine doesn't need any oak amelioration; good length."

Huon Hooke, March 2016. www.huonhooke.com
"Deep purple/red colour, very bright and youthful. It's very grapy: sweet-fruited and raspberry-like to taste, fresh and bright and clean. A straightforward, fresh, primary fruit-driven style without much complexity or secondary characters."

Stuart Robinson, January 2016. www.vinsomniac.com
"The brand and wines out of the portfolio remain some of the most consistent, drinkable and exciting out of the region. Jubey, black fruited, juicy, heavenly, intoxicating, alluring. The barest hint of licorice, fennel, touch of grilled linguica, more about black fruit. Medium bodied, easy going, straddles a line of sweet black fruit with some Italianate seasoning."

Gary Walsh, October 2015, The Wine Front www.winefront.com.au
"Great packaging on all these Hither & Yon wines. Honey nougat, raspberry, some spice and flowers, char-grilled sausage, and that metallic thing Nero often has going on. Medium bodied, talks pretty sweet, but tastes almost dry when the light sandy tannin and herbal seasoning bring it back into line. Not a very deep wine, as such, but interesting and good to drink."

Reviews of 2014 Nero d'Avola:

Trophy for 'Best Italian Red Wine'. Australian Alternative Varieties Wine Show, Nov 2014.

92 points. Mike Bennie. April 2015. www.wbmonline.com.au
"Lots to like about this Nero d'Avola. Its juicy, fresh, lightly spiced and set to the bold sweetness of red fruits without strying into the jammy zone. It opens up with pretty floral, rose petal and spice scents, with a good dose of wild raspberry fruit alongside. Has some restraint and seriousness about it."

Walter Speller. Feb 2015. www.jancisrobinson.com
"Sweet leafy raspberry fruit and very clean on the nose. The leafiness is quite distinct and makes the impression of young vines, but this has a good fruit expression on the palate with soft drying tannins and integrated but matching acidity. Promising. (WS) 13.8%"

91 points. Stuart Robinson. Dec 2014. www.thevinsomniac.com
"Nero lives up to its name here, with an inky darkness emanating from the glass. Red and black fruits and something - I wrote at the time - like hanging your head over a pan of sizzling pork and fennel snags. Delightful herbal and spice notes too. Plump entry - cushioned and soft on the tongue - depth and spice kick-in, a fine rub of tannin. More licorice and fennel seed spice mops up at the back. So delicious, so moreish. Grand drinking for something that can be had for a shade over 20 beans."

91 points. Gary Walsh. Nov 2014. www.winefront.com.au
"Plenty of Nero character. Bursting with ripe dark berries, raw almonds, fragnant and sweet dried herbs with a handful of black jelly beans tossed in for good measure. Medium bodied, fleshy and ripe, with well rounded tannin and almost a gummy feel in the mouth - certainly good to chew and swirl round - bright jubey fruit flavours, savoury dried herbs and glorious food friendly tannin mops up the finish. Super drinking here. Can't recommend it highly enough."

2022

CARIGNAN

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A super fruity wine with some real character. The berries (raspberry, blueberry and mulberry) are juicy and brambly and are balanced nicely by savoury notes of liquorice and dried herbs. This wine has quite a soft, lovely lingering finish, refreshing, spring/summer type red, we call it our “Caravan” wine.

Tasting notes.

Reviews of the 2022 Carignan:

16.5, Max Allen, Jancis Robinson, October 2023:
"Vines planted in 2013, last red variety to be harvested in 2022, made in two batches– one free-run juice, lighter, fruitier; the other whole-berry, crushed, pressings added back, more structural – then blended for 6 months’ maturation in older puncheons. Enticing, black fruit, good vinosity, fine and focused. Keeps Carignan’s earthiness, growly tannins and gaminess as background notes, brings the delicious fruitiness into the foreground.”

91 points, James Halliday Companion, Ned Goodwin MW:
"This is good. Perhaps the most convincing red of the suite, particularly in light of a variety endowed with astringent mettle and inherently high acidity. Placated, toned and let loose with what feels like gentle extraction and the right sort of oak treatment. Red pastille, kirsch, bergamot and a herbal tannic twine directing the fray. Mid-weighted, fresh, intense of flavour and yet light on its feet. Immensely versatile at the table. Easy drinking.”

92 points, The Wine Front:
"I do enjoy Carignan, especially from creaking old vines, though this offering from a vineyard planted in 2014 shows a fresher face, but still has excellent varietal character. Red and blue fruits, a little ironstone and scrub herb perfume, even some choc-liquorice. It’s medium-bodied, gently saline and savoury, light grip of tannin, good freshness and perfume, and offers a chewy finish of solid length, with a bit of amaro/orange peel trailing. Lots of character, and good to drink. Like it."

Reviews of the 2021 Carignan:

90 points, MaryAnn Worobiec, Wine Spectator, December 2023:
"This has a wonderful energy to the core of red fruit flavors, including wild strawberry, cranberry and maraschino cherry. Reveals hints of clove-heavy chai tea that are supple, juicy and plush on the long finish. Drink now."

92 points, James Halliday Companion, Ned Goodwin MW:
"Grapes like this excite me. They are torrid and equipped with natural astringency and bright acidity, something that most traditional grapes in these parts lack. And? The wines have tension, detail and the savoury sort of lattice between fruit and finish that is required for a second glass. This is handled orchestrally. Red fruits, thyme, rosemary and scrub. A deft approach to gentle extraction that renders character without carignan's facility for hardness. Simple. Perhaps. But a tattoo of crushable drinkability reads 'thrills with a chill'."

Reviews of the 2020 Carignan:

92 points, James Suckling 2021, Nick Stock:
"Such attractive, brambly raspberry and blackberry aromas here with a flurry of wild herbs, too. So fresh. The palate has vibrant red-berry flavors that sit lively, framed in bright, easy tannins. Very drinkable now. "

91 points, Halliday Companion 2022, Ned Goodwin:
"I can't think of many varieties better suited to the dry Mediterranean climate of McLaren Vale. Able to withstand torrid conditions while embedding its wines with a wiry cage of tannin and bright acidity, carignan is one of many tickets into the future. This producer champions plenty of others. A partial wild fermentation and short élevage in older French wood intuits promise: cherry pith, thyme, mint, liquorice. The tannins, as expected. Thrills with a chill."

Reviews of the 2019 Carignan:

91 points, The Real Review, Huon Hooke:
"Bright, medium to deep red/purple colour. The nose is savoury, earthy as well as plummy, dark fruits driving the wine. A hint of pepper. Medium to full-bodied, abundant tannins which are powdery and supple. Some chocolate. Good drinking already and will take some age."

91 points, Mike Bennie, The Wine Front:
"Vibrant, forest berry fruitiness, sprigs of green herb, minty notes, peppery stuff. Palate is light and lithe, sizzles with tart acidity in a good way, shows a feathery lick of earthy tannin. Spice, cranberry, kind of transparent, exotic things, it’s interesting and good. I like it. A bit amaro?"

91 points, James Suckling:
"This has red-flower and leafy aromas, as well as some earthy nuances. Vibrant raspberries and tart red cherries. Succulent appealingly fresh raspberries and redcurrants on the palate with fine, crisp tannins."

2022

TOURIGA TEMPRANILLO

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60% Touriga and 40% Tempranillo. Raspberry liquorice with dark cherry and plum fruit, garden mint and sage. Delicious and juicy to start, subtle come-hither attractive, but reveals its natural side soon into the palate, quite firm, mineral and nicely savoury. Not too tough, but a bit wild for sure, thirst quenching, the two varieties playing in unison, friendly and coastal.

Tasting notes.

Reviews of the 2022 Touriga Tempranillo:

95 points, Gold Medal, McLaren Vale Wine Show 2023

93 points, The Vintage Journal Summer Wine Guide 2023 :

Bright cherry ruby. This opens up with a delicious core of berry fruits - blackberry and dark cherry laced with red strawberry and tobacco spice. It then flows through to a chocolate, inky and earthy core of flavour with tannin torque through to a beautifully sustained finish. Very impressive.

92 points, Gary Walsh, The Wine Front, April 2023:

These blokes make some very tasty wine. So purple and intense. There’s salted plum, sarsaparilla, violet, a fair bit of ozone, dark chocolate and liquorice, and toasted hazelnut. Fleshy and ripe, all the toasted nuts and cherry chocolate, are also quite salty and umami, with silty tannin, lavish flavour, ferrous and wheaty, with a rich finish.

Reviews of the 2021 Touriga Tempranillo:

89 points, MaryAnn Worobiec, Wine Spectator, December 2023:

Starts with blueberry syrup, black liquorice and floral details of violet, segueing to toasted green tea on the juicy core. Reveals firming, earthy tannins and a hint of fresh mint on the finish, Touriga Nacional and Tempranillo. Drink now."

16.5/20, Jancis Robinson, September 2023: https://www.jancisrobinson.com/tastings/269119

Pleasing dark fruit with the black tea-leaf note that I sometimes associate with Tempranillo. Finish has lots of medicinal qualities, proper complexity and fragrance. Savoury and tight in structure. (RH)

94 points, Andrew Caillard MW, The Vintage Journal, December 2022:

Medium crimson. Musky plum, blueberry, red cherry aromas with lifted aniseed notes. Subtle, sweet and juicy with blue fruits, slinky loose knit tannins and refreshing pure acidity. Finish is chalk and mineral. Attractive early fruit forward drinking style. Drink now, soon.

92 points, Wine Advocate 2022, Erin Larkin:

The 2021 Touriga Tempranillo is layered with salted licorice,
pomegranate, raspberry leaf tea, garden mint and brine. This is
thoroughly enjoyable and not at all the "prohibitively tannic" wine I was
expecting. (I love tannins, and these are very fine.) It is mineral and juicy
and all kinds of good. Highly recommended.

92 points, The Wine Front 2022, Mike Bennie:

Touriga and tempranillo, blended for your pleasure.
Oof, so purple-fruited, juicy-slurpy and outrageously delicious. It’s inky dark in colour and vibrant as all get out, a cavalcade of raspberry liquorice, blood plums, woody spice and cherry cola. Gently savoury in all that too, but its way more about that friendly and bombastic nature and a vivid portal to the varieties, with come-hither attractive everything. While it does all this, it sits quietly complex in its detail too. A no brainer. Slosh it around with abandon.

92 points, Halliday Companion 2022, Ned Goodwin:

"This is delicious drinking, attesting to the future of the Vale as makers become more proficient with better suited varieties. Touriga services the floral perfume and vibrancy, while Tempranillo fills the mid-palate with dark cherry, thyme, mint and sage, pushing the flavours long across a twine of dusty chamois tannins. Mid-weighted of feel, immensely versatile and nicely savoury."

2022

MALBEC

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A really interesting, medium-bodied wine with flavours of satsuma plum, smoked almonds, and liquorice. Dark fruited but soft and laid back, eucalyptus, brown soil feeling, like from the land. Ferrous and herbaceous, juicy and fresh with a chewy finish, great for sharing and food friendly. An attractive, personality plus Malbec!

Tasting Notes.

Reviews of the 2022 Malbec:

91 points, Lisa Cardelli, Winepilot, October 2023:
"Whenever I see that translucent blueish hue, a deep-like-a-dark-night colour, and a concentrated blueberry/plum/violet trio, I’m always in the Malbec territory. The moderate level of tannins is slowly building and keeps the momentum well past the end, leaving a bitter aftertaste that well contrast the plumpness of this wine."

Reviews of the 2021 Malbec:

91 points, James Suckling, April 2023:
"A note of citrus lifts up the aromas of crushed plums, sour cherries and whole nutmeg. Medium to full-bodied with taut tannins. Juicy and fresh on the palate with a chewy finish. Drink now."

Reviews of the 2019 Malbec:

90 Points, The Wine Front - Gary Walsh:
"Lovely label. Blood plum and spice, salted nuts, pistachio maybe, and an iron and floral perfume. Medium-bodied, saline and nutty, fine tannin, blood orange, skinsy tannin and a fresh raspberry finish, though those salty nuts come through as well. Good. Character plus."

92 points, James Suckling:
"This has super fresh delivery of ripe purple berries and flowers with a smooth, gently fleshy palate that offers a deep core of dark plum and mil-chocolate flavors. Nicely done."

Reviews of the 2018 Malbec:

2019 Drink Easy Competition:
"Cherry ripe, choc and some prominent oak whiffs, shows with good length and upfront there's good concentration and flavour"

Wine & Viticulture Journal - Spring Edition:
"Subtle earth, spice and plum character on the nose along with deep chewy fruit and licorice. Rich and dense black-fruited palate, with some raspberry and a hint of herbs. Rich mouthfeel, acid line and oak well balanced. A nice quaffable wine."

Australian Alternative Varieties Wine Show - GOLD with 96 points:
"Earth savoury, creamy texture and length. Soft and sublet well handled, more traditional Australian style. Ripe fruit and nice balance, fruity and juicy."

2022

MONTEPULCIANO

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This is our first 100% Montepulciano and the journey has been worth it! Montepulciano is a central Italian red wine variety, well suited to the warm maritime climate of McLaren Vale, late ripening with deep colour and robust tannins.

Blackberries, amaro herbs, cola flavours. Savoury, bramble mouthfeel, which is medium bodied, but powerful to the point, kind of rugged, grapey, off-the-vine natural feel. Certified carbon neutral, vegan-friendly wine.

Tasting notes.

Reviews of 2022 Montepulciano:

88 points, Lisa Cardelli, Winepilot, October 2023:
"Prunes, kirsch, bramble, stewed black plums and black cherry. Seems like that the crostata alla frutta nera (black fruit tart) that my grandmother used to make it’s finally back. Add some blue violets on the table, and I’m ready for my merenda (tea break). As inky as you can possibly imagine, the young and exuberant tannins are embracing the palate like my grandmother, strong of her many years as farmer, went on when I was a quarter of her height. It’s an honest wine, unpretentious like a good Italian farmer would be."

90 points, The Vintage Journal Summer Wine Guide 2023 :
"Deep ruby in colour and fruit forward with lashings of liquorice allsorts, black cherry laced with allspice. Mid weight and chewy with firm tannins and a muscular texture, dark berry/ chocolaty fruits gently lingering to finish."
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2022

PINOT NOIR

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A fresh, fruity Pinot Noir brimming with wild berries, blossom, roses, earth and mushroom.

Bright and juicy, with elegant velvet tannins and a long fruit-driven palate. Pure magic paired with pan-fried sardines and salads with fresh herbs, especially when served lightly chilled.

Tasting notes.

Reviews of the 2022 Pinot Noir:

Gary Walsh, The Wine Front, March 2023

"From a vineyard in Kangarilla about 390m above sea level, planted in 1999. Dark cherry, cardamom, dried roses, mint, an earthy/mushroom thing happening. It’s juicy and a little sappy, some ripe tomato and pomegranate, a slight chinotto bitterness through ripe cherry, light emery board tannin, and a firm finish of good length. Fruity and savoury, and good to drink. I like it."

92 points, Halliday Companion 2022, Ned Goodwin

"Hand-picked. De-stemmed to 100% whole berries for an open fermentation. Élévage in older French wood for 7 mths. Straight-shooting Hills pinot with telltale notes of sandalwood, dark cherry, bergamot, rhubarb and sarsaparilla. These can get too sweet at times but here, handled with aplomb. Mid-weighted, lithe and expansive. Far from cerebral, but quality drinking at a fair price."

2022

2023

Merry Berry Dozen

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'Tis the season for giving, and what better gift than a dozen of Hither & Yon's finest wines? Our Merry Berry Dozen features a selection of 12 of our most popular wines, from our crisp Fiano to our bold Montepulciano. It's the perfect gift for the wine lover in your life, or for a festive holiday gathering.

Here's what's included:

2023 Fiano ~ 2023 Petit Blanc ~ 2022 Greco ~ 2023 Mataro Rosé ~ 2023 Vermentino ~ 2023 Aglianico Rosé ~ 2022 Sand Road Grenache ~ 2022 Carignan ~ 2022 Tempranillo ~ 2022 Nero d'Avola ~ 2022 Pinot Noir ~ 2022 Montepulciano .

Order your Merry Berry Dozen today and give the gift of good cheer!

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