At Last The Bloodwood 2024 Autumn Newsletter

After the harvest frost arrives and autumn leaves

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Well it’s been some time coming but in this world of a collapsing climate, it’s becoming even more difficult in deciding what’s real when it comes to Summer ending and Winter beginning. So we’d like to apologise for being late and early with this missive. Drugs can help, but only so far. So relax, sit back in your autumn pyjamas, light the fire, open a bottle of Bloodwood Merlot Noir and enjoy the only winery newsletter quite obviously not written (sic) by AI.

Everything Old Is New Again Autumn Offer

We are about to sell out of these reds from at the cellar door so to celebrate, you, as a cellar door stalwart can avail yourself of the following Red Letter Offer to help fight inflation and warm you through winter.

3 bottles 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon

3 bottles 2018 Shiraz

3 bottles 2018 Cabernet Franc

3 bottles 2017 Merlot Noir

Delivered unto your door.

Normally $480 This offer $420

A$420.00

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Autumn is the very best time of year here at Bloodwood. The weather is balmy and so are the staff. The relief of the end of vintage occurs as ever lengthening crisp nights are followed by early morning frost and the bright, cool days of autumn sunshine which imbue the vines in deepening golden red hues.

As the vines gracefully shut down for their winter sleep, they withdraw much of the energy stored in the growing season in anticipation of next spring. The withdrawal of intense green chlorophyll as the season cools and carbohydrate production in the vine declines allows carotenoids and anthocyanins within the leaves to show their vibrant autumn colours. If you look close enough, you can recognise each variety through the changing colour of the canopy.

At Bloodwood, Riesling is more light green gold and less yellow gold than Chardonnay while the Pinot Noir is more cerise than the dark burgundy hues of the Shiraz. Malbec, with it’s mahogony leaves is the darkest red of all. In many ways, the colours of the autumn leaves of each variety pretty closely reflect the colours of the wine each produces.

All that is left to do is light the cellar door fire and relax over a good bottle of fabulous Merlot Noir.

BLOODWOOD (open only by appointment… mostly)

We love welcoming you to the Bloodwood Cellar Door to share our wines - particularly if we are actually home at the time. That is why we ask you to make contact with us before you head out. It is not true that we are nudists - that’s just gossip.

Once, at the end of the very long weekend sharing tastings when most people were driving back to Sydney, an unannounced couple stopped by. They had tried our Cabernet 20 years ago and remembering it with affection, wanted to be reacquainted with Bloodwood.

As I was still fully dressed, I agreed to a tasting of sorts, abbreviated to tasting our richer reds. Our conversation soon turned to food that accompanies these wines and I mentioned the perfection of brisket with our Shiraz. Well, that comment generated an enthusiastic and animated discussion of BBQ, smoked brisket American style.

Not only that, but our newly unannounced visitors very generously fed me a late lunch of 2 types of brisket which they had already prepared cooked long and slow over 2 days including 8 hours smoking. (The brisket itself was a cross of Wagyu and Black Angus). It was delicious. So if you are intending to visit the Bloodwood Cellar Door unannounced, pack me a lunch.

FOOD AND WINE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS OFFER

The fattier piece of brisket best was best with our 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon and the slightly leaner piece was best with our 2018 Shiraz. They still managed to accompany the beef when condiments were added; in this case pickles and a golden spicy sauce. A passionate friend of theirs has a side gig called FEEDLOT making rubs and sauces as accompaniments to Texas BBQ meats.

The Everything Old Is New Again Autumn Offer includes our rich and spicy 2018 Cabernet Franc.. It usually handles Middle Eastern spices well like cumin, coriander, sumac and pomegranate molasses, fabulous with lamb or roasted spiced root vegetables

Also included in the offer is our 2017 Merlot Noir. A more elegant red given its 7 years aging, smelling and tasting more mature with savoury notes on a base of fruitcake and spice. It drinks best out of a Pinot glass. A lovely couple last weekend suggested they’d serve it with a duck dish. I’d be keen to try this soon perhaps a duck ragu with pappardelle pasta.

Enjoy

Rhonda Doyle

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