"92pts Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
Plum, raspberry, mint, and brown spices. It’s just over medium-bodied, a little saline and minty, but juicy too, with supple tannin, sage and woody spice, finishes quite salty and spicy, with good length.
DBM Christmas favourite!"
An Englishman, an Irishman and an Australian of German descent.....
at home in the Adelaide Hills, Thistledown make super premium wines from the Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, Adelaide Hills and Langhorne Creek regions of South Australia.
Drawing on strong Celtic links, the thistle provides an apt image for a producer that, for all the rugged exterior, makes wines that possess a delicacy, subtlety and beauty that counters the notion that bigger always equals better.
