Esilio Wild Goose Chase Grenache 2023

Up in the rolling hills above the north-eastern suburbs of Adelaide is a district called Uleybury, set between the two well known regions of the Barossa and the Adelaide Hills, though not within either official boundary, and therefore Harry Mantzarapis’s Esilio Wines takes the labelled appellation of Mt Lofty Ranges. He tends multiple varieties out of his one expansive vineyard, the Grenache with plenty of character, fragrant in a red fruit, Aperol, dusty summer bush track set of aromas, followed by red apple and plum fruit through the palate with a sensitive grip of supportive tannins in the exit and a white pepper spice afterglow. Your barbecue platter will love it. 

Tony Love

Journalist at Winepilot

Tony is best known for his 10 years as News Corp’s National Wine Writer, with weekly columns in major metropolitan mastheads throughout Australia including The Adelaide Advertiser, The Sydney Daily Telegraph and the Melbourne Herald Sun. He continues to write feature articles and columns for all the major Australian wine media publications. Tony has also worked as a restaurant reviewer, section editor, book editor, digital content provider, journalism teacher and was named Wine Communicators of Australia 2018 Legend of the Vine (SA). Find out more about Tony at tonylove.com.au

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