Yelland & Papps Single Vineyard Old Vine Grenache 2024
- 95
- $49
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From dry-grown Vine Vale vines planted by the Schild family in 1956. The deep sandy soils are captured beautifully here, with a wine of elegant perfume. Wild raspberry, blood orange, violets, redcurrant, crushed strawberry, white pepper, warm sand and whispers of smoke. It’s alluring and lifted with an enticing mix of bright red fruits and savouriness. The palate is lifted and buoyant with a cool mineral finesse – redcurrant, violets, raspberry coulis, white pepper, warm-sand earthiness, a glimmer of rhubarb. It glides through the mouth with confidence and poise, displaying intensity but never weightiness. The tannins are firm but fine-boned and powdery, wrapping it all up and carrying it to a long finish. There’s a Nebbiolo sensibility here in the wine’s ethereal lift and anchoring powdery tannins. This is Barossa presented so beautifully – reflective of place, with intensity and not even a suggestion of ponderousness. Modern Australian Grenache right in the zone. Bravo.
Tom Kline is a wine writer, reviewer, presenter, and educator based in Victoria, Australia. He is the Australian correspondent for the internationally respected publications Jasper Morris Inside Burgundy and Jane Anson Inside Bordeaux, where he highlights the top tier of Australian wine for a global audience. Tom also writes for leading outlets including Decanter (UK), Wine Spectator (US), and Halliday Magazine, among others. An experienced wine show judge and WSET educator, he has authored several consumer-focused wine courses aimed at making wine more accessible and engaging. In 2023, Tom was awarded Best Published Feature Article or Wine Column at the prestigious Wine Communicator Awards, presented by Wine Communicators of Australia.
