Curtis Small Batch McLaren Vale Grenache 2022
Some years ago, you would have struggled to find a wine labelled Grenache – sure, the grape was used but normally as a support act and often
Some years ago, you would have struggled to find a wine labelled Grenache – sure, the grape was used but normally as a support act and often
Another very fine, even more serious Grenache, again from a stellar vintage. An attractive pale red hue, the wine is redolent of warm earth, strawberries, florals and
Another very fine Grenache from the McLaren Vale district, one of the world’s great regions for this grape. Maroon purple in colour, the aromas weave
From fifteen year old vines, this Barossa Grenache is an attractive crimson colour. An earthy style of Grenache, with notes of leather, coffee grinds, red
We now talk of a ‘modern’ style of grenache, so as to redefine and separate the grape from its old self. This old vine grenache
These two varieties from the Barossa Valley are vinified separately before spending ten months in older French oak hogsheads. The final bottling consists of 79%
The fruit was sourced from a bush vine vineyard planted in the 1940s, at Gomersal in the Barossa Valley. The fermentation is with 100% whole
Super slurpy, this packs in a lot of deliciousness in for the price. Grenache-led aromatics show the way in rosemary, anise and pepper amid aromas
A top tier GSM sourced from one of the Clare Valley’s highest vineyards. A blend of Grenache (53%), Shiraz (35%) and Mataro (12%), the three
A barrel selection of the 1970 & 1948 plantings, only free-run juice was used with the wine matured in old French puncheons. Immediate aromatic pleasure
Seventy six year old vines, fermented in 675L ceramic eggs and on skins for 133 days. No oak, matured for 13 months. There’s no question
Sourced from the Zimmerman vineyard, first planted around (hence Planta Circa) 1880 at Lyndoch in the heart of the Barossa Valley. Purple Hands is a partnership
Crackling leafy, blackberry and bramble, raspberry deep, spiced tomato chutney, incense, chocolate, licorice and polish on the nose. Slick and delish up front: an attractive
Macerated blackberries, red licorice straps, redskins and raspberry coulis. A herbal bay leaf with pungent spices of star anise, aniseed and clove. This falls into
Grenache 45% Shiraz 37% Mourvèdre 18%. Raspberry, red cherries, black plum and mulberry. An assortment of red and black hues. Picked thyme, kalamata olive and
Geoff Merrill customarily builds full ripeness into his fruit and long barrel time into his wines in order to make age-worthy reds. With seven years
The Jack West name reflects one often given to John Lienert, while the wines are prepared to reflect the man’s character – “big and generous”.
A really impressive Barossa Grenache, all the more so coming from such a stellar vintage. Pale red, the aromatics move through florals, spices and red
Always the delicately fine wine and long awaited between vintages. Here they have selected berry sorting and 100% destemmed fruit that goes into ceramic eggs
You are getting a mighty lot of old vine fruit in this excellent Shiraz Grenache blend from the excellent 2021 vintage. In fact the Shiraz
The two Barossa amigos – Shiraz and Grenache – give a display of upfront persuasive Barossa power minus their usual friendly third amigo, Mourvèdre. Can’t
An absolutely cracking Barossa Grenache. Line this up next to some top Rhône examples of this variety and it will immediately become obvious what stunning
A delightfully fragrant medium bodied young blend displaying a wonderful combination of red fruit and spice. The nose is all strawberry and raspberry while the
A mighty good example of this classic Rhône blend. In this case the mix of black and red fruits swirl across the palate with the
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