A. Retief The Alias Mataro

He’s a smart winemaker is Alex Retief, epitomising the sort of switched on ‘let’s think outside the square’ style winemaking that so many clever young Australian producers are currently adopting. Fitting that Alex went for a variety that is entirely uncommon in the Hilltops – Mataro, and crafting it in a sort of dark and savoury, anything-but-flashy, mysterious, moist undergrowth and cool meaty notes style that is not going to please everyone but provides a welcome relief for anyone tired of big