

94 POINT RAY JORDAN & 93 POINT RATED AARON BRASHER FROM 80 YEAR OLD VINES
Vintage: | 2022 |
Source/Region: | Barossa Valley, South Australia |
Grape Variety: | Grenache |
Cellaring: | Drink now - 2029 |
Bottle Top: | Stelvin |
Alcohol Content: | 14.50 |
Standard Drinks: | 8.60 |
Rating: | 94 |
Medium dense red with deeper darker magenta hues. Raspberry, ginger, orange oil with hints of sweet spice Sweet and crunchy fruit entry with highly evident red cherry, currants, and hint of cranberry. The sweet spices of juniper, caraway and subtle white pepper, help drive the complexing flavour profile. The tannins are tight and appear slaty to graphite-like with a long fulfilling finish. The wine looks highly youthful which is testament to its careful handling.
Above-average winter rainfalls in winter led to a full soil profile at the start of the growing season, setting up for a full lush vintage. A severe hail event in October dropped the yields in parts of the region with some vineyards completely decimated. The temperature was below average until December. The summer weather dried out with significantly lower rainfall than average at cool, moderate temperatures. Although the average temperature was higher, the temperature never exceeded 40°C and rarely above 35°C. The lack of severe heat events helped the vines produce wines of pure fruit flavours with good weight and texture. The tannins were well polymerised with good colour density which should result in long living wines.
The grenache fruit for this wine is sourced from 80 plus year old bush vine vineyards, handpicked and fermented in open-top fermenters with heading-down boards then carefully matured in large French oak Foudres.
94 Point Rated - Ray Jordan Wine Pilot
93 Point Rated - Aaron Brasher The Real Review
"Really youthful and bright in the glass. Dark fruited aromas of stewed plum, mulberry, pudding spice, bramble and dark chocolate. Rich, round, mouth-filling and juicy. There's lashings of dark fruit flavour, along with sweet, nutty oak, liqueur chocolate and a ferrous earthiness. The tannins are firm and shapely and the acidity has lovely life and lift. There's real drinkability here."
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