Easter 2012 – Day 11
We left for the McLaren Vale Winery area and arrived at Kangarilla Road Winery for the first winery tasting of the day, they produce both expected wines (Chardonnay, Shiraz & Cabernet Sauvignon) and unexpected wines (Sangiovese, Primitivo and Zinfandel).
The winery was pretty, with lots of Vines around the estate, some of them very old. We tested a variety of wines, David & Uncle John bought a bottle of Sangiovese …..
next stop was at Coriole Vineyards, this was really beautiful, with old buildings & flowering gardens, there was also a restaurant.
Coriole was established in 1967 by the Lloyd family and to this day remains family owned and operated.
It has a reputation for being a premium and innovative McLaren Vale producer. Chenin Blanc, Shiraz and Italian varieties (including Sangiovese & Fiano) are the specialties.
Coriole also produces a range of food products including olive oil, table olives, verjuice and vinegar.
We tasted plenty more wines I had a Racked Semillon.which was quite nice. We purchased a few more bottles.
We finished at Fox Creek winery tasting more wines, but we didn’t buy any. The grounds were well looked after & had a few garden ornaments .
A short drive with me at the wheel and we were at Victor Harbour, we had a nice lunch and then walked over to Granite Island, as the horse carriage wasn’t operational
We stopped at Andrews & Linda’s home before all going to a local club in Murray Bridge for tea. When we left, I followed, what I thought was Andrews car but it wasn’t, so I ended up taking the wrong exit, and crossed the Murray twice more – is now a joke. We left Brendan at Andrews for the night so he could spend the day playing with Hayden while we toured the Barossa – he was very happy with this scenario. I managed to get us back to Uncle John & Aunty Gays in one piece!
