Grenache Shiraz Carignan 2022

Lifted and vibrant. Cherry, raspberry, rhubarb, fennel and a twist of green peppercorn. A juicy core of sweet raspberry fruits tempered by sappy tannins make this a salivating and moreish drink.  

The perfect lunch wine or anytime wine for that matter. Feel free to whack it in the fridge and serve with a chill.

The Lunch Wine blend is 66% Grenache, 23% Shiraz and 11% Carignan.

The Grenache is hand harvested from gnarly old McLaren Flat bush vines planted in 1941. We throw a few whole bunches into the ferment for extra perfume and aromatics.  

The Shiraz is from a beautiful site high on a ridge in Tatachilla that benefits from the cooling sea breeze, retaining the redder fruit flavours and beautiful florals and aromatics.  

Sourced from the slopes of Sellicks Hill, the Carignan is the final piece in the blend and brings a big dollop of raspberry and rustic herbs and spicy notes.

Open fermentation, hand plunged, matured in French oak puncheons, no fining or filtration. 

Campbell Mattinson - The Wine Front 92 points

" It’s juicy and berried and floral, with earth and spice and lavender notes tucked within, but it’s the liveliness of the acidity and the all-round energy of this wine that really does it for me. This wine skips along in the most delicious of ways".

Huon Hooke - The Real Review 92 points

"Deep colour with a subtle purple tinge; the bouquet is reserved and dark-fruited with touches of spices and a hint of green olive, the palate opulent and fruit-sweet with lots of ripe-fruit richness and mouth-feel. Clove and aniseed peeping through. Tannins are fine and powdery and provide good structure, the finish quite long. It has aging potential".

Nick Stock - Fleurieu Living Magazine

"An effortless blend that has some richness and weight too. The redder fruits of Grenache are tuned to a darker blue and purple berry zone, gently spicy and plump. Drink over the next five years".