Turkey Flat on the up!

Turkey Flat are based in The Barossa Valley and have an impressive take on producing well structured wines with balanced tannins and good fruit flavours. Before I start tucking into some grub their Turkey Flat Rose 2009, £9.99, made from Shiraz, Grenache, Cabernet Sauvignon and Dolcetto is dry with a lovely balance of red fruit flavours and gripping acidity.Stockists: Selfridges, Noel Young Wines Tel: 01223-566744. Now, for a couple of reds that will match up to some tannin-softening beef, try Turkey Flat Butchers Block Red 2007, £9.99, which is an impressive full bodied spicy, earthy, damson fruit flavoured combination. Stockists: Oddbins, Hailsham Cellars Tel: 01323-441212. Grenache, in my tiering of Aussie reds, is often fighting for a play-off place, but Turkey Flat Grenache 2005, £13.99 has excellent structure and complexity with dark fruit flavours and chocolate/mocha notes and is an accessible accompaniment to beef.Stockists: Selfridges, S.H. Jones Tel:01295-672296.