Tim Adams
One of the 'Best of the Best' and 5 red Stars - James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2012
Clare Valley, South Australia
timadamswines.com.au
Owner and winemaker, Tim Adams, began his career in the wine industry as a cellarhand at the Stanley Wine Company in 1975, steadily working his way through the ranks to become winemaker in 1981 following graduation. The first inclination to leave came in 1985, when Tim and his wife were approached by local cooper Bill Wray to form a partnership of the two families to make wine and small oak casks. The first wines under the Adams & Wray label were released in September 1986, by which time Tim had left the Stanley Wine Company. In May 1987 the Adams & Wray partnership was dissolved, and Tim and his wife Pam took full control of the renamed Tim Adams Wines. In late 1987 they purchased the existing winery site and opened the cellar door in January 1988.
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Tim Adams
One of the ‘Best of the Best’ Wineries and 5/5 red stars
James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2012
Winery of the year 2009
“(…) The quality is consistently great.”
Tim Atkins, The Observer Magazine UK, The best wines of 2009
“The Tim Adams label has become one of the ever-reliables of Australian wine. He grows good grapes in good soil, and pretty much delivers value and quality every time. Not too many producers you can say that of.”
Campbell Mattinson and Gary Walsh, Big Red Wine Book 2010-11
Finalist, Gourmet Traveller ‘Winemaker of the Year Awards 2010′
“(…) Tim Adams’ wines are classically Clare: good, honest drops of generous flavour, ageing ability and regional style. Shiraz and riesling are the most important varieties. The Fergus, a grenache blend, which now incorporates tempranillo, is outstanding value as a ready-to-drink but serious quality red. His rieslings are among the finest and most ageworthy in Clare. And his new varieties are adding fresh strings to what is already a formidable bow.
Huon Hooke, Gourmet Traveller Wine, June/July 2010
Great Wine Drives: Clare Valley
“Of all the Clare cellar doors, I am most tempted to fill my boot at Tim Adams Wines (Warenda Rd, Clare, 08 8842 2429). Adams is one of the harder-working winemakers in the country and this is reflected in every one of his well-priced wines. He is attuned to texture and structure above overt flavour, so every wine is honed and accurate. With more than 10 wines to taste, this is a great place to experience a diverse range of varieties.”
Tyson Stelzer, Gourmet Traveller Wine, Great Wine Drives: Clare Valley, Aug/Sept 2010
Tim Adams Riesling
95 points (2010 vintage)
“(…). Lime, kaffir lime leaf, slate and white pebbles with a slight floral edge. It’s juicy and fresh, striking a fine balance between flavour and finesse – you might call it invigorating, even. Beautiful to drink as a young wine and more than likely to reward later. Has length, no hard edges and hits the Riesling bullseye fair on. Thwack. Doing. Need to know more? Go find out for yourself then.”
Gary Walsh, The Winefront, January 2011
Tim Adams ‘Reserve’ Riesling
95 points, 5 glasses, ‘Special Value’ (2008 vintage)
"A riesling at the very start of what will undoubtedly be a very long life; the lemon and lime fruit and minerally acidity in lockstep balance. Leave for at least five years, and then have patience."
James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2012
‘Best Buy Wines: Wines to Cellar’ (2008 vintage)
“A very fine, essential expression of modern riesling. Scented with a piercing and deeply fragrant perfume of lime juice, lemon rind, white flowers, talc and fresh apple, it’s especially pure and penetrative. While it has a roundness and juiciness in mid palate, it’s tightly cut and sculpted, delivering a bright, crystalline purity of concentrated fruit over a fine, chalky texture down its entire length, before finishing with crispness and austerity. A decade or more is clearly in order!”
Jeremy Oliver, Gourmet Traveller Wine, Aug/Sept 2010
Tim Adams Pinot Gris
‘Best Buy Wines, $20 and under’ (2010 vintage)
“A pinot gris of rare focus, freshness and varietal quality that manages to be long and tangy, but also delivers elegance and delicacy. Scented with a floral bouquet of musk, peach and pear, it reveals a whiff of lemon zest. There’s roundness, creaminess and juiciness on the palate, with bright pear, peach and citrus flavours, while towards the finish the wine becomes more savoury and mineral. Underpinned by a fine chalkiness, it finishes with a hint of sweetness balanced by a brittle acidity.”
Jeremy Oliver, Gourmet Traveller Wine, April/May 2011
“(…) there are few better examples.” (2010 vintage)
“It has a generous ripe nose; opulent peach, nectarine and intense apricot, the fruit is super soft and to initial taste – overtly generous. But the middle-palate simply cleanses and refreshes with crisp, creamy acidity. This wine has been quietly setting the pace and there are few better examples.”
Stuart Barry, Australian Wine Showcase, May 2011
Tim Adams ‘The Aberfeldy’ Shiraz
94 points (2008 vintage)
“When it’s done well and seasoned and coopered well, I have no problem with American oak. I reckon it’s a positive with this wine, rather than a negative. Nice style of screwcap too. Rich blackberry and cherry, mint and sage with plenty of toasty clove spice oak. It’s full bodied, slippery, silky and seductive with a lovely interplay between sweet dark fruit and savoury wood spice. Flows through the mouth with effortless ease, and while it’s big and flavoursome, it feels calm and composed. Length and balance all in a happy place. It’ll take age but it’s hard to find reasons not to sit back and enjoy it as a young wine.”
Gary Walsh, The Wine Front, Dec 2010
Langton’s Classification: Distinguished
Tim Adams ‘Reserve’ Tempranillo
92 points (2008 vintage)
"(...) has authentic tempranillo varietal character, with zesty, spicy cherry and oak flavours well integrated and balanced. (...)."
James Halliday, www.winecompanion.com.au
‘Best alternative reds over $25′ and 93 points (2008 vintage)
“Talk about juicy! Lots of tangy, citrussy acidity here though it doesn’t intrude – it’s part of the ride. This isn’t mega-intense but you could easily argue that it’s megadelicious. Flavours of sour cherries and earth, cloves and sweet berries. Flashes of spice. Excellent wine. Drink 2011 – 2015.”
Campbell Mattinson and Gary Walsh, Big Red Wine Book 2010-11
90+ points (2008 vintage)
Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front, Sept 2010
Tim Adams Cabernet Malbec
‘Best Buy Wines, $20 and under’ (2006 vintage)
“Tim Adams has been a very busy boy recently, buying the old Leasingham winery from Constellation Wines. Still, he’s had time to delve into the cellar and pull out this absolute beauty. A classic Clare combination of grapes (think Wendouree’s superlative cabernet malbec, grown next door to the Adams place; and the old Leasingham stalwart, Bin 56 cab malbec blend), it’s a deep-purple wine with plenty of sage and eucalypt-lifted black fruit held in check by firm, ferruginous tannins.”
Max Allen, Gourmet Traveller Wine, April/May 2011
“(…) Tim Adams has crafted a wine both powerful and beautiful…” (2006 vintage)
“Malbec isn’t the grape the Australians pay much attention to – except in the Clare Valley, where it has a long and honourable pedigree. Tim Adams has crafted a wine both powerful and beautiful – dense yet scented Cabernet blackcurrant and black plum cosying up to Malbec damson skins, and both of these luxuriating in the mild toastiness of brioche as well as feeling the grainy dryness of stones and bleached herbs. And over everything floats a kind of blue haze of autumn-ripened fruit.”
Oz Clarke, 250 Best Wines 2011
(2006 vintage)
“Tim Adams makes wine to shape, not flavour, and the classic Clare duo of cabernet and malbec are the ideal ingredients to build structure. It’s sinewy and upright, so be sure to give this skeleton a decade or two in your cellar to grow some flesh.”
Tyson Stelzer, Gourmet Traveller Wine, Great Wine Drives: Clare Valley, Aug/Sept 2010
‘Best red blends over $20’, 93 points and ‘Authors’ Choices’ (2006 vintage)
“Fabulous. The glory of Clare Valley cabernet, in a glass. Lots of earthy tannin, lots of curranty-leathery fruit flavour, modest but apparent vanillin oak, and an earthen-toasty finish. It has complexity, regionality, balance, structure and charm. Drink 2011 – 2016.”
Campbell Mattinson and Gary Walsh, Big Red Wine Book 2010-11
Tim Adams Botrytis Riesling
94 points, 5 glasses, ‘Special Value’ (2010 vintage)
"The very essence of Bickford’s lime cordial, with great concentration, while maintaining varietal integrity and purity; long focused, fresh and intriguing, with a delightful celery salt character that provides contrast in the wine; 375 ml."
James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2012
