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100
/ 100
California Wine Advisors -
95
/ 100
Erin Larkin
Red
Classification
Grenache
Variety
2017
Vintage
750ml (Bottle)
Bottle Size
Australia
Country
South Australia, Barossa Valley
Region
15.0%
Alcohol %
15 Plus Years
Cellaring
Scores
100 / 100"This magically delicious red wine is a dazzling beauty to behold now and enjoy over the next decade. Vibrant dark fruit flavors captivate, leading to melted Valrhona chocolate, toasted espresso beans, and a mind-bending finish that lasts a full minute and is reminiscent of Kahlua. This hedonistic red wine is insanely fun and maintains a sense of balance and freshness that merits a truly perfect rating!"
- California Wine Advisors
95 / 100
"The Brennecke vineyard was planted in 1901 in Seppeltsfield. This 2017 Brennecke Grenache is steeped in meat and blood and is super fresh on the palate. Exceptional. The wine was matured for two years in Taransaud oak barriques. It is aromatic, spicy, complex and kaleidoscopic. If you don’t like oak in Grenache (and the camp is indeed divided between those who do and those who do not), you’re not going to like this. But if you do, the fruit and the oak are in balance. Eight barrels—200 cases—produced."
- Erin Larkin
Tasting Notes
Ripe red cherry and redcurrants are intertwined with aromas of rhubarb, kirsch, Turkish delight and subtle notes of cedar and white pepper. The palate reveals a sensual, sleek tannin profile which supports a red-fruited core of cherry and cranberry. The palate is multi-layered with complex flavours: red fruits, cedar, spices, hints of vanilla and cinnamon. A truly sensual wine; plush and generous through to the finish.
"The Brennecke Vineyard is located on the North-Western corner in the Seppeltsfield district of the Barossa Valley. Marilyn Homes is the custodian of the vineyard, her maiden name being Brennecke. The vines were planted at the turn of the twentieth century in 1901.
As a family we have been managing this vineyard with Marilyn since 1992. The Brennecke vines are dry grown and pruned by the bush vine method. The vines experience a steep South-Easterly slope and grow in heavy red clay, over limestone subsoils. These factors together allow the fruit to accumulate a high phenolic content at ripeness, which translate to tremendous palate structure and tannin backbone in the wine.
We believe that very few Grenache vineyards have the potential to produce a single varietal Grenache wine and that only some are able to provide structure and age-ability. After decades of working with many of the great Grenache vineyards of the Barossa, we believe the Brennecke vineyard to be unique and unrivalled in the style of Grenache wine that it produces." - Powell & Son
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity