I have been cellaring and drinking Australian wine since 1968. I purchased four bottles of this wine in 1982 and have kept an empty bottle in my cellar because it is the most memorable red wine I have had the pleasure to drink and to think that you had a bottle in late 2016!
I have a preponderance of Hunter Valley and Grampians reds in my cellar and still have a 1960 Seppelt Q72 Hermitage made by Colin Preece. The right occasion must arise soon to drink it!
Cheers,
Paul Coghlan
Sydney
Colin Preece (1903-1979), winemaker, graduated dux from Roseworthy Agricultural College in 1923 planning to manage the family flour mill. However, after taking an optional subject in oenology, he decided to join the staff at Seppeltsfield. He arrived at Great Western during the depression in late 1932. Starting from a focus on simply keeping the company afloat, he retired 30 years later as one of the key winemakers of Australia, producing a number of dry white, dry red and sparkling wines for Great Western of exceptional complexity and quality. Ranked with Maurice O'Shea as Australia's great winemaker and master blender, in the production of sparkling wine he is said to have had no local peer.
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