Yelland and Papps Old Vine Single Vineyard Grenache 2024

This is a cracking good wine that uses fruit sourced from a 1956 planted vineyard over at Vine Vale. Follows the normal Yelland and Papps treatment in the winery with barrel pressing and then a mixture of new and neutral French oak punctions. It’s all aimed to achieve excellent fruit intensity and balance with the seamless integration of fruit and oak, and fine, silky tannins combining beautifully to present an excellent wine. There’s a slightly gravelly, grainy, textural feel with a fine earthiness complemented with a lifted floral rose petal note. It’s a super wine in the medium term.