Yalumba Vine Vale Grenache Blanc 2025
- 93
- $35
- Drink by: 2025-2033
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We’re just starting to see a few examples of this interesting variety emerging in various parts of Australia, and this one comes from a single vineyard in the Vine Vale region of the Barossa. It was pressed to tank, but then it went through some wild yeast fermentation, which appears to have contributed to its texture and complexity. It has a spicy, lifted pear and floral jasmine aroma, and a palate that is approachable with a textured, almost roasted pear character, and a lift of more tart nectarine and lemon. It’s a type of wine you just sit back, sip, and reflect without thinking too much about the problems of the world.
Ray Jordan has been writing about wine for more than 40 years. His first articles were published in the early issues of national wine magazine Winestate in the late 1970s when he worked in Sydney as a newspaper correspondent. From 1989 Ray wrote more than 3000 columns as a regular newspaper wine columnist. He currently writes a regular column for the special business publication Business News and is one of the main contributors to national wine platform Wine Pilot. In 2017 Ray co-authored The Way it Was – A History of The Early Days of the Margaret River Wine Industry and previously wrote Wine in the Blood: Australia’s Family Wine Estates, published in Mandarin and English. In 2011 Ray was awarded WA Wine Press Club Jack Mann Memorial Medal for his contribution to the WA wine industry. His love of wine is as strong as his love of the blues and tasting the thousands of wines that cross his bench each year allows him to indulge in both.
