

SUPERB 95PT HALLIDAY RATED MCLAREN VALE GRENACHE SAVING $900 A DOZEN
Vintage: | 2015 |
Source/Region: | McLaren Vale, South Australia |
Grape Variety: | Grenache |
Cellaring: | Drink now or cellar till 2024 |
Bottle Top: | Stelvin |
Alcohol Content: | 14.00 |
Standard Drinks: | 8.30 |
Rating: | 95 |
Fine, elegant, restrained and with a touch of cedar, the nose shows estery floral/cherry fragrance, with an underlying hint of pepper: typical of concentrated Grenache . Oak plays a minor role in the background to allow the beautiful fruit to shine through.
This wine is all about texture, length and balanced fruit. It has medium body in which the tannins are long and soft while the bright fruit provides persistence of mouth feel. Fruit flavours are in the cherry spectrum.
Curtis Family Vineyards sources fruit from a combination of owned vineyards and premium McLaren Vale growers. The blend of individual vineyard and sub-regional characteristics is the key to the resulting style. Sub regions are Blewitt Springs, McLaren Flat, Willunga and McLaren Vale.
Wine was matured in oak barrels, ranging from new to 2 year oak. with a mixture of French and American oak.
95 Points James Halliday Wine Companion
From 100yo vines, hand-picked and sorted, open-fermented, matured for 18 months in French hogsheads. Very good, bright, clear crimson colour; has managed to keep the oak subservient to the plum and red cherry fruit, fine-grained tannins providing texture and structure. Impressive stuff, good now or much later.
91 Points Patrick Eckel
The nose has new season raspberry with touches of red cherry that is framed amongst a brambly, ever so dusty backdrop. The palate is drying in terms of both the fine, tight knit tannins as well as the saliva drying acidity. This is all pitted against the sweet fruit versus savoury structure monologue that the wine manages to control. The finish is lean but maintains a brightness of fruit that drives a long and elegant finish.
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