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Shop/ 2021 Clare Valley Grenache2021 Clare Valley Grenache
Super light, savoury and spicy but still with beautiful plush Grenache weight
Vineyard: Gullyview Vineyard, Watervale
Planted: 1930
Soil type: Red clay on limestone
Picking date: February 19 & March 1, 2021
Picking method: Hand harvested and sorted in vineyard
Processing: Destemmed retaining 50% whole berries with no whole bunch
Fermentation: Natural ferment in open top steel fermenters, hand plunged twice daily
Time on skins: 10 days
Pressing: Free run and pressings combined
Settling: Settled off gross lees for 7 days
Aging vessel: 2000L Slavonian oak Foudre for 8 months, then stainless steel for 1 month
Filtration: Sterile
Fining: No
Alc: 13.1
pH: 3.58
TA: 5.1
SO2: 35 free / 48 total
Production: 450 dozen