2023 White Gate Wine Co. Grenache

Rich, succulent Grenache with a prominent whole bunch influence.

Includes 75% whole bunch fruit. Deep dark red core with black toned edges and a red to dark red hue. Rising out of the glass are red to dark raspberry, clove and red liquorice aromas followed by some smoky earth and peppered meat notes. Rich, succulent and spicy, the palate is layered with dark raspberry and liquorice fruit infused with dried clove. Sleek mouth feel with notions of scorched earth, dried meats and peppered dried herbs lying underneath. Velvet smooth tannins concluding long, fleshy and peppery.
Drink over the next 5-6 years.
Alc. 13.5%

Other Reviews…..
What a flavour bomb we have here! It's melt in your mouth kind of stuff. So evocative, so expressive, it's an absolute delight to drink and demands selfishness and large pours at that.
Picked earlier than the 2022, the fruit comes off 90+ year old vines just to the west of Nurioopta. That slight tweak with harvest has paid dividends deluxe.
Pretty and vivid aromas explode from the glass unravelling with incredible ease. So floral and gorgeously perfumed, this is an utterly seductive drink. Think lavender, purple flowers, dried red petals and ripe blueberries smeared all over your face. And if that's not enough to get the juices flowing, well-handled fruit floods the mouth highlighted by an abundance of purple berries and blueberries driving its medium body frame. A fine milk chocolate textural presence slides through late with a lick of spice and a fine rub of brick dust tannin that lingers on a respectable finish. What an absolute winner! Go here.
Drink to five years.
94 Points
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