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I've seen a bit of press recently on Redmans. I tend to have a 'soft spot' for them and have enjoyed their wines over the years. A nice little article here:

[url]https://www.therealreview.com/2020/07/22/fou ... n-harness/[/url]

Always been an under-achiever has been my view. Vineyard potential, vine management, or winemaking? Not sure. Reputation was good a quarter-century ago, but the pack has gone well past them I think.

Graeme, who would be the pack, Balnaves, Bowen, Majella, Wynns, Parker, Katnook, Leconfield?
Think the wines are sound and can be picked up for a song. William Wilson aside, perhaps the brand is low profile in terms of its flag ship The Redman not being excessively marketed or hyped and at $70 fair value.
You would like to think that Malcolm and Bruce with 70 plus vintages between them should know what they are doing. Will pop down in October to have a look.
Cheers Craig

What I find fascinating about Redman is that initially their wines were sold and bottled by other brands but when they decided to bottle and market their own wines they chose a supposedly sophisticated French translation of their name, Rouge Homme. Eventually, in the 60s, they sold out to Lindeman's but one of the Redmans started up again using his surname. Both incarnations of Redmans made good wines though I cannot attest to their recent performance. I visited cellar door back in 2001 and the most memorable wine I tasted was a limited production of a 1997 Pinot Noir that was foot trod and only available at cellar door. How I would love to revisit that wine.

Mahmoud.