Clarendon Hills Blewitt Springs Grenache 2004 750ml

Region: McLaren Vale(Blewitt Springs)

Varietal: 100% Grenache

Winemaking: Low yielding, dry grown vines planted in 1920 are hand picked and a wild yeast fermentation is cultured thereafter. Typically ferments run for a few days and all pressings are the returned to the barrel and bottled onsite without fining or filtration.

Maturation:  18 months, within a hierarchy of 1-5 year old tight grained, 1st Class French Oak barriques that are specially produced for Clarendon Hills. Racking occurs as required. Each barrique is individually examined by Roman repetitively to gauge the site’s expression and organic evolution.

Alcohol: 14.5%

Score: 95  Jeremy Oliver