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Ric Red 2021

Ric Red 2021
Ric Red 2021

South Australia, Australia



Community Score: 4.6/5
Community Reviews: 12
 
Price: $39.95
Sweetness: Dry
Alcohol: 14%
 

Drink: 2024-2026

Bottle size: 750 ml
Winery: Ric Red

Craig Haynes rated this wine as 92/100 with the following review:

Ric Red is a collab between St. Hugo, a winery in Australia’s famed Barossa Valley, and Italian-Australian Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo, and its a full bodied expression of Shiraz, Gernache, and Mourvèdre. It has charisma IMO.

For me the aromas steal the show, evoking blackberries and dark cherries in a freshness frequency boosted with doses of flowers, mint, white pepper, and savouryness. All replay as delicious flavours. This red's mouthfeel appeal adds more goodness to the tasting experience: round, lush, downright dry, mild mannered tannins.

Senses satisfied. Pour me some more, please.

Open a bottle for yourself. Enjoy.

PS - The bottle label's artwork has some eye appeal going on (and the liquid inside the bottle does, too). It's a creation of race car helmet artist Ornamental Conifer. Note the stylistic reference to Daniel Ricciardo in the lower right hand corner. His initials plus his Formula 1 car's number ("3").
 

  


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