VINTAGE - 2022
VARIETY - 100% Grenache
REGION - Clare Valley

Vineyard

Made with fruit hand-picked from 80-year-old bush vines that grow in terra rossa soil over limestone at a unique site in Leasingham.

Winemaking

Our preference for this wine was to maintain some whole berries in the fermentation (to enhance aromaticity). The fruit wasn't crushed, but gently de-stemmed into small one- and two-tonne open fermenters with 10% whole bunches included for structure and complexity. Wild fermentation was used with gentle pigeage only, before basket pressing into seasoned oak hogsheads, where the wine matured for 6 months prior to racking and bottling without filtration.

The Wine

Vibrant red in the glass, this wine displays lifted raspberry and black cherry aromatics with complexing subtle hints of Provençal herbs, liquorice and white pepper. The palate is mid weight and juicy with flavours of plum and berry fruit, soft velvety tannins and sappy texture leading to a fine, persistent finish.

“A juicy, bright and vibrant grenache that feels pure and pretty with each sip. Delightful drinking.” 
—  Halliday, 93 points