2008 Farmer wants a wife Sangiovese

Weather was pretty crappy here on Friday so after having the usual coffe at Espresso on Ovens and then calling into Rock n Road Cycles to catch up with Rob and Mannon. (Makayla was disapointed that Nat was not there for cuddles) we decided to go to Wahgunyah to visit my parents and surprise them.
On the way there we realised that mum wouldnt be home from work yet so we called into see my old collegues at All Saints Estate it was just on 12.30 so most would be in the lunch room. After seeing all the usual suspects in the lunch room, we walked back to the cellar door to catch up with Ralph 'Knaggsy' Meggs via the winery. Vintage is well underway at ASE an infact they had the first pressload of red in the basket press that dates back to 1873. I did a full vintage in '08 at ASE and know how hands on vintage is at the castle. Dan and Ned were both there taking turns to crank the press one of my favourite jobs during vintage and a great way to get fit in the upper body. Ned started talking about his new wines (Ned makes some nice wines on the side called Neds Tin Shed) in particular the 2008 Sangiovese, which I knew quite a bit about and has quite a story to it.
Many of you will remember that in the 2008 series of 'The farmer wants a wife' that Nick Brown was conned into appearing on it. Many of you said that it was a publicty stunt and that Nick was stupid for choosing the wrong girl but more on that another day. By the time filming started most of our wine had already been racked to barrels and maturing. (it was one of those vintages that caught you with your pants down it was really early) But the producers wanted to get the girls dirty by helping in the winery filling barrels, crushing grapes and generally makning a mess. As all our fruit had been picked we needed to buy some from somewhere that still going through vintage. Enter the King Valley. We called my now employer who put us onto a grower who wanted to sell some Sangiovese at a good price. Really good infact! Ned went halves with Nick in the fruit. Ned half was made into a nice savoury Sangiovese, soft gentle tannins with some good acid on the back and easy enough to drink a glass and go back for more. Ideally matched with a classic pizza on a Friday night when its raining and track racing has been cancelled. I've still got Ned's 2009 Chenin Blanc and 2008 Sangiovese Cabernet to try in the next few days. I will report on them once I have tried them