Krondorf Stone Altar Old Vine Grenache 2022
- 94
- $65
- Drink by: 2024-2032
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Grenache is back in favour and that means the Barossa Valley is embracing its old vine Grenache vines big time. And rightly so when it brings forth such alluring scents and flavours as these. Brings a raft of dark plum, red and black fruits with crushed herbs and musk, potpourri aromas. Very Grenache. Medium bodied and good depth across the palate with a focus on red berries, cranberry and crushed herbs, closing with some tasty bitter chocolate notes. Twelve months maturation in French oak has contributed a creamy texture and classy tannin profile. Plenty to enjoy here.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
