Schwarz Wine Co. Barossa Valley The Grower GSM 2022
There’s almost something magical about a nice GSM, the mélange of aromas and flavours, with the characteristics of each grape complementing and contrasting each other.
There’s almost something magical about a nice GSM, the mélange of aromas and flavours, with the characteristics of each grape complementing and contrasting each other.
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‘100% Handpicked, crushed with 30% retained as whole bunches. The juice was cold soaked for 7 days and then inoculated and fermented in open top
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