2021 Nicks Secret TW Barossa Valley Grenache

From the same estate as the 2021 Nicks Secret TW Blewitt Springs Shiraz, this label is the proprietors personal project which is mostly centred around single site expressions from Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale. Normally selling for around $60, this Grenache is sourced from Barossa’s famed Greenock sub district. Maturation took place in 500 litre French oak puncheons for a period of 10 months.

Deep, powerful and intensely flavoured this is a wonderfully expressive Barossa Grenache.

Deep dark purple core with black shaded edges and a purple red hue. Peppery dark raspberry, liquorice and black cherry scents fill the nostrils with some earthy graphite and spicy vanillin cedar notes also evident. Juicy and lush in it’s texture, rich dark raspberry, liquorice and dark cherry fruits explode across the mouth filling palate. Scorched earth, spicy vanilla and pepper elements sit in the background. Boasting outstanding power, it has velvet smooth tannins and a long sumptuous finish that’s bursting with so much succulence it nearly overwhelms the senses.
Drink over the next 5-6 years.
Alc. 14.5%

Other Reviews….
This wine has slightly more textural richness than the Blewitt Springs, but it still retains that wonderfully elegant and refined integration that comes with some clever winemaking. In fact, the wine was not crushed, it was whole bunch pressed to a point and then cold soaked before natural fermentation with 14 days on skins and only light pressings. In this case, it got slightly more oak too with 9 months in all French oak puncheons but it retains its brilliance, brightness and energy with plenty of red fruits, spices, slightly confectionery complexity and such a fine, seamless, velvety smooth palate that extends through to a tremendously long finish. Appealing wine. Drink 2025-2035.
95 Points
Ray Jordan – WinePilot.com