Return of the Living Red Wine
There isn’t much information available as the winery’s website is under construction however it is still orderable by phone and here is a bit of information from the label maker’s site. The name is absolutely disgustingly great and the packaging is amazing. I have no idea of the wine tastes good (if any of my readers order a bottle let me know!) though it looks worth ordering as a collector’s item alone. Heh Return of the Living Red.. what a great name *laughs*
“Mash has been involved with a variety of packaging and branding projects with Redheads Studio of McLaren Vale. At the top end of their fine wines is the ‘Return of the Living Red’. Packaging needed the
usual unique Redheads touch. As this wine is non-vintage it has no age (the 2 grape varieties coming from different vintages). This was a complex fine wine with no listed age; a mysterious and intriguing wine. To
compliment this the nature of the product, Mash developed a concept to create a small pack containing missing and/or suppressed crime files implying the existence of the living dead in and around the vineyards.
With use of disturbing illustrations and fascinating old photos on a toothy uncoated paper the concept was bought to life. A slip knot with old twine and a deep red wax dipped bottle went with the old crime file folder to create one of our favorite wine packaging pieces.”
Available at Redheads Studio of McLaren Vale. [via: Zombies & Toys.]
Good day, I had the opportunity to sample this wine last evening, an absolute treat. It is 68%Cabernet Sauvignon 32Touriga Nacional,(Yes, the grape used in Port). Apparently it was planted widely planted in Austalia then disregarded and largely uprooted.The winemakers found a plot of this “Dead” varietal and staged it's return, hence the name. As for the wine itself, we enjoyed it immensely! The fruit is clean and shows well, the secondary tones are absolutely opulent. The kind of wine you can take a long, long time getting to know. I could not keep my nose out of my glass. Nor, did it seem, could anyone else. The structure of this wine is just lovely, the tannins rich and firm but with a gentle grip. In all, a very well balanced and incredibly interesting wine. Kitsch appeal aside, this is a wine the true oenophile will be wonderfully surprised by.
Would love to try and find a bottle of this wine in the UK. Just to stick it somewhere in my kitchen for everyone to see.
Best red I have ever tasted. Better then any grange hermitage I have ever had the pleasure of drinking. Highly recommend. I would kill for a case. If only I knew where to buy it from. Paul( qualified chef and vidiculturist in training)