2024 McLaren Vale Grenache
McLaren Vale
Vineyard -This Grenache is created using selectively harvested Grenache from block 8A and hand-picked bushvine Grenache from block 15 on the Lloyd Brothers McLaren Vale Estate.
Winemaking - Grenache was selectively harvested from block 8A with whole berries remaining intact along
with hand-picked Bushvine Grenache which was used as the whole bunch component in the open fermentation. Picked at modest baumes for this Nouveau style the wine was pressed off skins prior to dryness with ferment finishing in tank. The right amount of extraction is important when making this wine to allow it
to have some structure but still be fresh and approachable as an earlier drinking Grenache.
Vegan friendly. Less than 350 dozen produced
Tasting Note - Crimson red in colour with lifted aromas of rose petals, sour cherry, red berries and herbs.
The palate has layers of blueberry, cherry and fresh raspberries with some dried herbs and a hint of ginger spice on the finish. A delicious medium bodied wine that can be lightly chilled and enjoyed throughout the warmer months.
92 points Halliday Wine Companion - "This fills the shoes of the prior nouveau bottling, but is, as the label states, all grenache. Nouveau in style, though, it still is – picked earlier and pressed off before dryness to finish in tank. Popping with red fruits and things otherwise red: cranberry juice, tart raspberries, red jelly frogs, rosewater, preserved cherries and pomegranate. It’s fun and fresh, but there’s spice and a fine and pithy line of grape tannin driving through the carry. And yes, this is good chilled." Marcus Ellis
92 points The Wine Front - "This is what you might call a ‘Modern Grenache’, in that it’s lighter and can take a light chill (though not too much), so you can drink it in summer outdoors with a BBQ or similar. And we know South Australians’ have a penchant for daytime drinking red wine in hot weather. Lloyd Brothers summarise this introduction in one word – ‘Nouveau’. It’s hand-picked bush vine fruit grown on the Lloyd estate. No oak. It’s bright and juicy, red and blue fruits, with some dried herb and floral top notes. Medium-bodied, some raspberry jubes, though it comes over as dry rather than sweet, has a pleasant clip of dusty tannin, and finishes well too. It’s a very good wine, and drinks really well." Gary Walsh