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Grenache

2023 Grenache

Medium bodied, red fruit driven wine with long dry finish. Fruit sourced from 50 year old fruit from the famed Marananga sub region.

Description

Medium bodied, red fruit driven wine with long dry finish. Fruit sourced from 50 year old fruit from the famed Marananga sub region.

Awards

Peter Nixon - The Wine Libertine
95/100

If the Barossa had been settled by Burgundians, rather than originally being a home for fortified wines and dry Riesling, this is the type of expression of Grenache we might have seen over 100 years earlier - what many now call “warm-climate Burgundy”. Grenache as a single-expression, finally being taken seriously outside the miniscule enclave of Chateau Rayas in Northern Rhône. Indeed, even in Grenache-dominant Spain, until recent decades, the vast majority of Grenache made rosé, not red wine. Anyway I digress. This is seriously delicious, world-class Grenache. Burgundian techniques resulting in a heady, alluring perfume leading to a vibrant, long, opulent but lithe palate. Hail-depleted yields, delivering ever greater concentration. Sublime now, this will be in its zenith in 5-10 years time. Great with duck and game dishes 95+/100 Peter Nixon, The Wine Libertine

Details

Region Barossa Valley, South Australia

Vintage 2023

Type Red Wine

Variety Grenache

Alcohol Volume 14.4%

Winemaking Grapes harvested at ripeness, then crushed and fermented in open fermenters, before being cap plunged twice daily, in small fermenters. Following fermenting to dryness, the wine was left in contact with the must for an additional 22 days. Pressed and racked for maturation for 14 months, in a mix of new and old French and American oak barrels.

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