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89POINTS
16¼/20
Juxtaposed Grenache 2016
McLaren Vale, South Australia, AustraliaEighty percent of this comes from the 1923 planted gnarly bush vines of Smart Vineyard in Clarendon, with the rest from Pappas Vineyard and the Sellicks foothills along the edge of the hills, planted late 80s and on the broken Kurrajong soils. These two sites were picked one month apart. Wild blackberry, black raspberry shade this structural expression of grenache, darker shaded than 2015, which was entirely Smart Vineyard. Tannins are finely grippy and the lingering finish dusky medicinal-red hued. Crushed and destemmed, native fermented to start, this was pressed at dryness and racked into old 300L barrels for 13 months before being bottled unfined and unfiltered. 150 cases.Tasted: 27 August 2018Tasted by: Treve RingPrices:| Australia | $29.00 | 750ml | Australia |
Grape: Grenache Noir/Garnacha
