De La Terra Reserve Tannat

These are the words of Tony Prichard the mecurial winemaker: “over the years, I have fine-tuned my winemaking approach and methods for handling Tannat. Initially, I made the tannins the ‘hero’ of the style – the bigger and more mouth-puckering, the more I felt I was delivering something special and different in the glass. However, over time, I began to tone everything down, going for a more rich and velvety mouth-feel – focussing more on balance than power. This style works for me – I will never go back to the huge tannic wines now.”