Grenache + GSM

Chaffey Bros. Wine Co. La Resistance! Grenache + Syrah + Mourvedre 2018 (RRP$25 WM $21.90)

$21.90

A vinous rematch of the famous 1811 BATTLE AT BARROSA RIDGE where Spain and France collided. La Résistance! takes up the fight for the traditional French varieties of the Barossa and pitches gnarly old vine GRENACHE, SYRAH & MOURVÈDRE into defence against the invading foreign marauders.

Grenache makes up 55% of this wine, delivering a Grenache-centric GSM, with elegant Syrah (33%) and spicy Mourvèdre (12%) adding tell-tale definition and structure. The majority of the Grenache is from an old cool Williamstown vineyard, on the border of the Adelaide Hills, which is blended with Grenache from a special Krondorf Road parcel.

Early harvest Syrah is from a 69 year old Ebenezer vineyard and from the Heinrich vineyard in the Lyndoch foothills, which unites with the lovely blue-fruit characters of Syrah from a small Northern Eden Valley vineyard on the outskirts of Angaston.

The remainder of the blend is powerful, spicy Mourvèdre. This is definitely a Grenache-driven GSM! Subtle seasoned oak and caramel lead to a deep-fruited, dark cherry and strawberry palate with supple fine-grain tannin. Gentle refreshing acidity gives great line and drives the brooding and delicious fruit through to a lingering finish.

Vintage
2018

Alcohol
14.5%

Total Acidity
5.9g/l PH 3.50

Residual Sugar
0.7g/l

Suitable for vegetarians/vegans.

Winemaker
Daniel Chaffey Hartwig
Theo Engela

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Chaffey Bros. Wine Co. Not Your Grandma's Rosé Grenache + Mourvedre 2019 (RRP $22 WM $19.90)

$19.90

Welcome to a ROSÉ REVOLUTION!

ROSÉ was once a sweet, coloured white wine - now it’s a legitimate style of its own. Lovingly crafted from REAL ROSÉ VARIETIES. Not Your Grandma’s Rosé is made as a true rosé (picked earlier than typical red wine). 62% of the blend is old vine Grenache from the Lyndoch foothills and from Stockwell, which is co-fermented with 30% of old vine Mourvèdre also from the Lyndoch region. The remaining 8% is an aromatic blend of Riesling, Gewürtztraminer, and Weißer Herold from the Northern Eden Valley, which emphasises the strawberry, musk and turkish delight aromas. Not just for summer!

Enjoy with all foods, from Spencer Gulf prawns to Saskia Beer poultry and charcuterie. Early picking allows for a textural mouthfeel, luminous rose-diamond colour and crisp natural acidity giving great length. Grenache contributes the red berry and strawberry palate with Mourvèdre adding structure and lingering spice.

Vintage
2019

Alcohol
12.5%

Total Acidity
5.3g/l

PH
2.90

Residual Sugar
7.2g/l

Suitable for vegetarians/vegans.

Winemakers
Daniel Chaffey Hartwig
Theo Engela

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Chaffey Bros. Wine Co. PAX AETERNA* 2020 (RRP $30 WM $24.90)

$24.90

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Dog Ridge ALL-ROUNDER Grenache 2016 (RRP $28 WM $23.90)

$23.90

All-rounders stand apart from the specialists.  They are flexible and reliable showing great sportsmanship and skill in all positions.  They play for the team and can doggedly save the day or fill any gap, but when singled out they may not dazzle but can shine as bright as any star. 

Our wonderful WW2 Grenache vines are capable of an amazing range from opera to rock, from tango to tap with these gnarled ancients producing Rhone-ish character and complexity from perfumed confectionery to savoury earthiness.  All singing! All dancing!  All round delight!

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Dog Ridge OLD MATES Grenache Shiraz 2017 (RRP $28 WM $23.90)

$23.90

One of our old favourites is back with a new twist. 

A delicious blend of McLaren Vale Grenache and an Old Mate from the Barossa, Shiraz.  A classic blend of two old mates!

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Dowie Doole BFG Grenache McLaren Vale 2018 (RRP $30 WM 25.90)

$25.90

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Dowie Doole G&T Grenache/Tempranillo 2019 (RRP $25 WM $19.90)

$19.90

Grenache and Tempranillo is a famous blend of Spanish varieties. It’s the kind of wine you would normally drink at the fashionable wine and tapas bars throughout Spain; but now you don’t have to be in Spain to enjoy it. Salud!

The G&T is a vibrant, fresh and food friendly wine and a classic Spanish blend.

Characteristics:

Colour: Medium intensity red with crimson hue.

Nose: A vibrant bouquet of wild berries, cigar box and spice.

Palate: The palate is medium bodied and elegant, revealing berries and spice. A vibrant, zippy wine with a fine tannin structure making it ideal to complement a wide range of foods. Salud!

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Dowie Doole R Rose Grenache/Vermentino 2019 (RRP $25 WM $19.90)

$19.90

Rosé - Grenache / Vermentino

Made from 87% Grenache from 54-year-old vines and 13% Vermentino, this unique provencal inspired Rosé is dry, fresh & crisp with exceptional depth of flavour and vibrant acidity.

Characteristics:

Colour:  Blush pink with a rose gold hue

Nose: A lifted bouquet of vibrant fruits, consisting of strawberries, tangerine, pink grape fruit and orange peel.

Palate: The palate; dry, long and fine, revealing lovely citrus fruits; pink grapefruit, and tangerine. Combined with strawberries and raspberry adding fruit sweetness. Finishing with a lovely acid line delicately balanced with a slight phenolic grip from the Vermentino.

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Gestalt Blacklight Barossa Mataro Grenache 2016 (RRP $30 WM $27.90)

$27.90

Blood plum, stewed cherries, blueberries and violets dominate the evocative nose, supported by bay leaf, fennel and a hint of cedar. The complex palate features bright notes of glacé cherry, red currant and raspberry balanced by plum crumble, anise and black pepper, with the long, compelling finish showing cigar box and amaro. This cohesive wine has a beautiful mouthfeel, fine tannins and is fiendishly moreish.

Blacklight

The name Blacklight captures the key attributes of the component varieties; the contrast between the dark, brooding flavour spectrum of the Mataro, and the light, red fruit flavours of the Grenache. Also implied is the dynamic between the two. By providing a contrapuntal context, details that would otherwise be hidden are revealed.

Vineyards

Mataro

The 30 year-old Mataro vines from Stockwell in the northern Barossa were right at home in the warm, dry conditions of the short and sweet 2016 vintage. The dry growing season produced smaller berries with good concentration of flavour and colour. Some decent late season rain in early March helped extend ripening towards the deeper, darker flavours needed for the Mataro component of Blacklight.

Grenache

Most of the Grenache for the 2016 Blacklight was sourced from Williamstown at the very southern, elevated end of the Barossa. The cooler Williamstown vineyard site protected the Grenache during very warm weather in December and January, enabling the retention of bright, punchy flavours. A small portion of Grenache from Bethany was also included in Blacklight for the first time. The elevation and cooling gully breezes at the Bethany vineyard produced some stand-out Grenache in 2016.

Winemaking

Our handling of the Mataro aimed to accentuate the darker, savoury characters of the fruit. The Mataro was de-stemmed and crushed before undergoing wild ferment, where it received vigorous manual punch-downs and occasional pumpovers. The wine was basket pressed after 18 days on skins and transferred to old French Hogsheads. After spending 14 months in oak, all free-run and pressings components of the Mataro were included in Blacklight, comprising 56 per cent of the final blend. The Grenache was handled more gently in order to preserve the bright, delicate characters of this variety. A small portion of whole bunches were included in the wild ferment of the Williamstown Grenache, which also underwent a period of extended maceration before being pressed to very old American Hogsheads. The Bethany Grenache was pressed into old French oak after a short time on skins. Both Grenache components were matured in oak for 12 months.

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Gestalt Rule of Thirds 2018 (RRP $25 WM $23.90)

$21.90 $23.90

A medium weight, smashable GSM, this wine has spring blossoms, raspberry, blueberry and satsuma plum, with Szechuan pepper and laksa mint on the nose. The palate has a generous heart, with plum and rhubarb crumble, cherry liqueur, apple pie, and cedar. It’s a super juicy, slurpy, ebullient exercise in deliciousness.

Rule of Thirds

A rule of composition common to photography and graphic design (and now wine), through which an aesthetic sense of order and balance is achieved.

Vineyards

The Grenache, Shiraz and Mataro vineyards were chosen because of their capacity to make unique contributions to the wine. Each vineyard has a distinct personality that helps create a sensorial experience of order and balance in the finished wine.

Grenache

The cooler climate of Williamstown in the southern Barossa combined with 30 year-old vines and sandy soil produced beautifully bright, floral, punchy Grenache. Light and ethereal, it’s ideal for providing fruit purity and prettiness. A smaller portion of the Grenache component was sourced from Bethany in the foothills of the Barossa Ranges.

Shiraz

From 20 year old vines on the valley floor near Nuriootpa, dry-grown on sandy loam. Classic Barossa intensity, but harvested early to avoid any over-ripe, stewed flavours. The Shiraz provides spice, structure and classic Barossa flavours.

Mataro

Also dry-grown 35 year-old vines, this fruit comes from a Stockwell vineyard used in some of the Valley’s best examples of the variety. Beautifully rich and savoury, the Mataro gives great plushness and structure to the blend.

Winemaking

All components were hand-harvested, sorted, then fermented separately using wild yeast. 20% of the Grenache and 10% of the Shiraz were included as whole bunches, with the remainder going through full crush. The Grenache ferments underwent a cold soak to accentuate bright characteristics, while the Shiraz and Mataro had some extended maceration to bring structure and savoury elements to the blend. Everything was pressed to small old French oak after settling in tank, except the Mataro, which went to second-use French Barriques. All components were matured for 18 months before the final blend was assembled and bottled without fining or filtration.

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John Duval Wines Annexus Grenache 2017 (RRP $70 WM $53.90)

$53.90

REGION: Barossa 

VARIETIES: Annexus Grenache was sourced from two very old low yielding Barossa Vineyards, one ancestor vineyard over 150 years old and the other old vines from the Northern Barossa Valley. 

WINEMAKING: Fermentation in small open top fermenters incorporating a small amount of whole bunches. 

OAK MATURATION: 100% barrel maturated for 12 months, in older French oak hogsheads (300 litre barrels). 

TECHNICAL NOTES:
Alcohol 14.0%
pH 3.48
TA 6.1 g/l 

STYLE: The inspiration from the Barossa’s best old vine Grenache vineyards created Annexus, an addition to our Plexus blend. Annexus is a small unique blend selected from our best old low yielding Grenache vineyards, made only in the best years. 

VINTAGE: The 2017 vintage started with a warmer than usual spring followed by early, but even, flowering and fruit-set. Frost, particularly in the Northern Barossa reduced yields however the conditions during fruit ripening were pleasingly mild and dry with rain in mid-January bringing some welcome relief. Grenache was picked on 16th from the Northern Barossa and the 25th of March from Eden Valley. 

TASTING: 

Colour: Bright purple red. 

Nose: Vibrant red fruit aromatics complexed by red roses and savoury spice. 

Palate: Fine and long, delicate yet carrying impressive purity and flavour intensity. An array of ripe red fruits, dark cherry and raspberry fill the palate finishing with hints of clove, dusty earth and velvety tannins 

John Duval

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Ministry of Clouds Grenache 2018 (RRP $38 WM $36.90)

$36.90

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Ministry of Clouds Kintsugi 2015 (RRP $85 WM $80.90)

$80.90

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Ministry of Clouds Tempranillo Grenache 2018 (RRP $32 WM $28.90)

$28.90

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Sinclair's Gully Grumpy Old Bastard Grenache 2018 (RRP $32 WM $27.90)

$27.90

Sourced entirely from a small flood plain block in McLaren Flat, these old vines produce fruit of exceptional character. Handpicked, hand plunged and aged in new French Oak Puncheons the wine displays fragrant strawberry notes with silky tannins and a hint of cinnamon.

Screwcap.
14% alc.
Drink now or cellar to 10 years.

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Smidge Wines Houdini Grenache Rose 2017 (RRP $25 WM $23.90) 94 Points Wine Companion

$23.90

Houdini 2017 McLaren Vale Grenache Rosé

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Sons of Eden Kennedy GSM Barossa Valley 2017 (RRP $29 WM $22.90)

$22.90

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Soul Growers Soul Sisters Rose 2018 (RRP $25 WM $19.90)

$19.90

Fresh, lively, strawberries, lifted and full of flavour – Rose at its best. Made from Cinsault/Grenache in the saignee method of bleeding off the skins and then cool fermented to dryness.This wine is dedicated to the soul mates we have in our life – without them life would be very different.

Vineyards and Vine Age
63% Cinsault, Bethany vine age of 50+ yrs
37% Grenache, Stonwell vine age 30+yrs

Analysis
Alcohol 13.0%,  pH 3.2, TA 7.5 g/L  RS 3.1g/L

Production
160 dozen produced

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T'Gallant Cape Schanck Grenache Rosé 2019 (RRP $20 WM $16.90)

$16.90

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Teusner "The G" Barossa Grenache 2018 (RRP $30 WM $24.90)

$24.90

Sourced from vineyards located around the perimeter of most of the entire valley! The increasing elevations of these locations brings cooler nights and impacts the grapes to enhance bright acidities and freshness with supporting but not intrusive tannin.

The benefit of sourcing from all over the valley is complexity. We get the bright fresh Asian/North African spices from the deep sands, lifted red summer fruits from the northern red clays and savoury richness from the southern loams. Climatically these sub regions are also quite distinct from each other which helps build the complexity in the wine. 2018 was pretty dry – 80% of average spring rainfall and only 50% of average summer rainfall. Warm but not excessively hot temps throughout the growing season combined with low rainfalls led to juicy, rich and concentrated reds with good structure and balance.

The wine is only just medium bodied, which, when combined with the bright acidity and the complex but fresh aromatic makes it such a refreshing and enjoyable drink that can be enjoyed with almost any food!

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Teusner The Avatar Grenache Mataro Shiraz 2016 (RRP $40 WM $31.90)

$31.90

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XO Wine Co Games Amongst Friends Light Red (RRP $20 WM $17.90)

$17.90

This light red was handcrafted to produce a unique blend bringing together friends from a number of grape varieties (Grenache, Tempranillo, Pinot and Barbera) and vineyards to for an afternoon or evening of relaxed and enjoyable fun. 

Lifted red fruit with ripe plums, Morello cherry and dried herbs are integrated with a mild oak spice and hints baking spice. A perfect accompaniment to a games night with friends.

Only 42 x Dozen produced

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XO Wine Co McLaren Vale Grenache 2018 (RRP $32 WM $27.90)

$27.90

Colour
Cherry red with good intensity and a mild magenta hue

Bouquet
Intense nose of fruits of the forest, plum and dried thyme. Interlaced with savoury notes of oak spice and a touch of vanilla bean.

Palate
Rich fruit driven palate showing entwined dark and red fruits, integrated seamlessly with savoury tannins and oak spice. Balanced acidity with excellent drive and length with excellent balance between fruit and secondary bottle aged characters.

Harvest Date: 2nd March 2018 Baume: 14.9 Botted: June 2018

Wine Analysis Alcohol: 14.9% pH: 3.46 TA: 6.8

Vineyard
Sourced from a single vineyard and block just North of the Aldinga township, planted on sandy loam with East West Rows and a gentle gradient towards the ocean. The close proximity to the ocean gives cooling influences while the stong sea breezes keep the crop level in check.

Winery
Machine picked early in the morning to avoid the mid afternoon heat. Crushed and split into two open fermenters and cold soaked for 48 hours. The fermenters where then inoculated with two yeast strains, a hybrid yeast strain and a Rhone isolate. They were fermented on skins for 10 days and left post ferment on skins for a further five days under inert gas cover. Pressed directly to 2 and 3 year old French Hogs Heads and underwent MLF in oak. The wine was matured on lees in oak for 14 months before being clarified and hand bottled.

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XO Wine Co McLaren Vale Shiraz Grenache 2018 (RRP $27 WM $20.90)

$20.90

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Z WINE 'August' Old Vine Grenache 2018 (RRP $30)

$24.90 $28.90

Z WINE (Z for Zerk) is the creation of dynamic sisters Janelle and Kristen Zerk. With over 170 years of Barossa heritage behind them they grew up together in the Barossa Valley on a vineyard that has been in the Zerk family for five generations. 

The [AUGUST] is crafted from Old Vine Grenache, which brings ultra-fragrant floral perfumes to the fore. Enhanced aromatics of lifted spice and layers of ripe plum and red cherry. 

The palate is silky with youthful red fruits ensuring great length of fresh vibrant flavours. Drinking beautifully now but has great cellar potential for 5-8 years. 

VARIETY: 100% GRENACHE 

[A blend of 70 & 90 year Old Vines] 

OAK: 8 months [No new oak] | ALCOHOL: 14.0 % ALC/VOL 

WINEMAKER: JANELLE ZERK 

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