Clarendon Hills Romas Grenache 2020

A$150.00

Availability
In stock
Volume
750ml
Varieties
Region/Country
McLaren Vale, Australia
Rating
98 points

Vintages

2020

Description

The Romas Grenache is a single-site wine from a bush vine patch planted in the 1940s. This is the steepest stoniest section of the Blewitt Springs Grenache site previously tasted. The old gnarly bush vines are dry-grown and are extremely low yielding. This site has a due East aspect and is located at 240 metres above sea level and represents Blewitt Springs’ higher altitude stony geology with fewer areas of sand and more quartz, ironstone, and shale content. The rocky soils impact most noticeably on reduced yields and added concentration.

Rating

Score
98 - 98 points
Review

This is the top of the grenache wines and has a new livery, aligned with their top shiraz release, Astralis. The complexity is already evident and there’s a gently flinty edge, as well as iodine and graphite, dry-roasted spices, blood orange, red berry, plum, and that signature, rust-like ferrous edge. The palate has a very composed core of blueberry and plum fruit with fine yet intense tannin. Concentrated and mouthwateringly fresh, super fleshy, and seamless. This is excellent. Drink over the next decade and more.

Specifications

Closure
Cork
Serving Temp.
14-18 °C
Alcohol
null%
Cellar until
Now - 2030
Decanter
Food pairing
Roasted duck with cherry sauce and greens

Tasting Profile

Palate
Typically each vintage yields a vivid kaleidoscope of fresh-cut roses, Turkish delight, musk, sherbert, blood orange, blueberry, raspberry, and kirsch fruit across an effortless powerful palate aloft with silk and ultra-fine talcum-like extract. Nuances of crushed rock, flint, graphite, iodine, and ferrous-like rust take this expression to the next level. Despite the majesty of the tasting note the profile is medium-weighted and mirrors an iron fist in the velvet glove analogy. Amazing both right now to drink and also for the next 20 years in the cellar.

Clarendon Hills Romas Grenache 2020

Clarendon Hills Romas Grenache 2020
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