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97
/ 100
Decanter
Red
Classification
Grenache
Variety
2022
Vintage
750ml (Bottle)
Bottle Size
Australia
Country
South Australia, McLaren Vale
Region
13.5%
Alcohol %
15 Plus Years
Cellaring
Awards
Trophy - Decanter World Wine Awards 2023 - Best Wine in Show Gold - Royal Sydney Wine Show Gold - Melbourne International Wine Show Gold - Royal Queensland Wine ShowScores
97 / 100"“McLaren Vale Shiraz has been a regular feature of our Best in Show and Platinum selections in recent years (as it is again this year), but this distinctive GI to the south of the Adelaide Hills is also celebrated for its astonishing patrimony of old-vine Grenache. Our judges pounced on this Grenache from the excellent 2022 vintage (dryer in McLaren Vale than elsewhere). A translucent black-purple in colour, this wine has beautiful aromas of sweet, beguiling fruits (strawberry and cherry) without any sticky jamminess; instead those fruits have a fresh, almost perfumed sheen. The wine is dark, vigorous and lively, despite its relatively low acidity; deftly extracted tannins and the innate vigour and tenacity of the fruits deliver that freshness. Fine raw materials and the best of contemporary Australian winemaking come together here.” – 97 Points & Best in Show Decanter World Wine Awards 2023"
- Decanter
Tasting Notes
The Heirloom Vineyards Alcala McLaren Vale Grenache was produced from Heirlooms best McLaren Vale Vineyard whose clones and viticulture embody the very best in cutting edge but old school viticulture and winemaking. Hand tended vines, whole-bunch fermented, basket pressed and stored in French oak barrels from bespoke coopers.
The plushness and generosity of the grenache fruit is brilliantly displayed across the palate, but it is also brilliantly offset by plating tannins and an in-and-out running acidity. All of these qualities crash balletically together at the end of the palate, as if a well-practised circus troupe: cherried fruits, puckering tannins, and piquant acidity. Whole bunch extended maceration, integrated and balanced with fruit.
This wine is suitable for vegans.
AWARDS
- Decanter World Wine Awards 2023 – Best Wine in Show
- International Wine Challenge UK 2023 – Gold Medal
- Royal Queensland Wine Show 2023- Gold
- Melbourne International Wine Show 2023- Gold
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity