Grenache Blewitt Springs
2021
MMAD Vineyard is owned by a partnership of four wine professionals, Martin Shaw, Michael Hill Smith MW, Adam Wadewitz and David LeMire MW. Michael and Martin, who are cousins, founded Adelaide Hills winery Shaw + Smith together in 1989. Adam and David are now co-CEOs at Shaw + Smith, where Adam is Chief Winemaker, and David Head of Sales and Marketing. In recent years Michael, Martin, Adam, and David have worked together closely on other single vineyard based projects including Tolpuddle...
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Lovely mild ripening conditions gave us a Grenache with an intense core of red and blue fruit
There is a purity and density, but also a lightness that belies the energy and power of the fruit. Raspberry coulis and pomegranate notes sit alongside fennel seed and cumin, and flavours continue to unfurl as the wine sits in the glass
Its clarity matches its freshness; 10% whole bunches, 90% whole berry, 20 days in Italian-made tulip-shapes concrete 4-tonne fermenters, maturated. 15 months in old French puncheons. The highly fragrant blend of cherry and plum drives a long, fine, elegant palate.
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Pretty, perfumed and pristine with al dente red cherry and blue berry fruit, peonies, orange peel, musk and cherrystone with a saline ironstone tang on the finish. Smudgy-textured tannins and seamless oak – support by stealth – allow the fruit and florals to shine, but offer scope for ageing if you can resist this Cru Beaujolais-esque old-vine Grenache.
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Aromas wild red fruits, white pepper and rose hip. Full-bodied with chewy tannins. Fresh and bright with an array of red berry fruit washing over the palate. Easy finish. Drink now.
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