Tokar Estate Tempranillo laurent-perrier But for the previous hundred

But for the previous hundred years or more

becoming more subtle and elegant and developing ripe fruit notes

We’ve had ten-year old Bussiador in Italy that was fresh as a daisy

but it is well worth the wait

and a background note of aniseed

Tokar Estate Tempranillo laurent-perrier But for the previous hundredVineyard It was with good foresight and fortune that Leon Tokar decided to plant Tempranillo, a little known Spanish variety in 1999. We now have the some of the oldest Tempranillo in the Yarra Valley, planted directly outside the Tokar Estate restaurant. Spur pruned to a VSP trellis. The leaves are enormous on the vine so a couple of leaf removals are performed through the growing season to encourage sunlight on to the bunches to enhance the colour