2023 Schwarz Wine Co. The Grower GSM

A juicy, generously endowed GSM with a fleshy mouth feel.

A blend of 56% Grenache, 40% Shiraz and 4% Mataro, featuring a good slug of fruit from Jason Schwarz’s family vineyards in Bethany, planted 1946 and 1968. 10% whole bunches were used in the ferment, and 37% of juice was kept in small tanks, the remainder matured in seasoned French oak.

Deep dark red black tinged colour with a dark red hue. Aromas of dark plum, liquorice and raspberry flow through the nostrils followed by some vanillin spice and subtle peppered earth notes. Juicy dark raspberry and plum fruits carry medium body weight across the palate with liquorice, vanillin spice and peppered earth elements also evident. Fleshy mouth feel with velvety tannins and a generously endowed finish.
Drink over the next 2-3 years.
Alc. 14%

Other Reviews……
A plummy GSM blend that shows a wild edge of smoked and dried meats, blood plum, boysenberry and black cherry fruits, medina spice, pressed wildflowers, turned undergrowth, wood-derived spice and something musky in the background. Savoury with an earthen edge, pure black and blue fruits, powdery tannins and a sweep of maraschino cherry tang on the exit. Drink by 2035.
92 Points
Dave Brookes - James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion