Willunga 100 `Trott Vineyard Blewitt Springs` McLaren Vale Grenache 2021 14.5% 6x75cl

"94 points. This is pithy and firm of texture, like biting into hard-skinned, juicy berries. Tactile and pliant. Raspberry, poached and macerated in liqueur, orange peel and star anise. Floral and beautifully fitted, without any forfeit of savouriness. Long and al dente tannic of texture, there is loads to love here. Grenache of a high order and pedigree." Ned Goodwin (James Halliday's Australian Wine Companion)

The dry grown Grenache bush vines used for this wine were sourced solely from the top 12 rows of Sue Trott’s vineyard in Blewitt Springs, which was planted in 1952. This is the highest part of the vineyard, which benefits from cool breezes coming off the Gulf of St. Vincent. These breezes protect the fruit from diseases and help enhance the aromatic character of the wine.

The soil is deep Maslin Sand over a clay and ironstone base. Here, the days are slightly cooler and the nights notably cooler than the McLaren Vale floor, due to the gully breezes coming in from the nearby Gulf St Vincent.