2021 Grenache

Grenache

Clare Valley

Chicken

2021

Bright crimson.

Aromas of dark cherry, raspberry, earthy spice and truffle.

Medium bodied with rich, full and fleshy fruit. Long and even palate.

Drink now or cellar up to five years.

Watervale's Old Station Vineyard is the home of 100+ year old vines which provide the rich fruit for this elegant and refined Grenache. Biscay soil.

This wine undergoes 10% whole bunch ferment in an open ferment and is then basket-pressed into fractions before being matured separately and carefully re-blended prior to bottling.

95 Points - Rob Geddes MW

"A complex aroma of grenache red fruits that has the old vine mineral notes, a hint of green strawberry mixed age oak adding coffee, mahogany furniture. In the mouth, it's a delight: juicy red fruits, lively, finely silky tannins and the older oak flavours in the finish before an explosion of red raspberry fruits that will come as a surprise, filling the mouth and lingering after swallowing. If you love ripe fruit or good grenache, make a space for this. Great old vines, great year and well handled." - Rob Geddes 

93 Points - Halliday Wine Companion

"There's a lot of wine here for your dollar. Notwithstanding the Grenache comes from 100-year-old vines. It's a medium-weight and tannin-shaped red with understated red berry fruitiness, sweet spice lift, a floral, almost rose petal kind of character and refreshing blood orange acidity. It's even, flows beautifully, dials in some game meat flavours and finishes long and with a building pucker. All the while it is generous and fresh. This is really well done. A beauty." - Mike Bennie 

92 Points Silver, 2022 Royal Melbourne Wine Show