Vintage
2022
ABV
14%
Wine Type
Red
Wine Style
Still
Wine Description
We are moving in the Slipstream of those who championed Grenache before us. Elegant, food friendly and climate adaptive but long overlooked as a maverick variety. Working with others uses less energy that going alone. That's how we do life, people come first, no one is left behind and the best wines are always those we share with friends.
The single vineyard and estate grown Grenache is bright and magenta in colour. Wild strawberries, plum fruits and floral notes on the nose. Bursting from the glass with ripe raspberry and plum fruits. Aromatic with refreshing acidity creating a sense of airiness. Succulent and rounded in the mouth displaying lovely fruit purity with hints of nutmeg and spicy cloves on the finish.
Picked on the 24th March 2022 and fermented using a Grenache specific yeast. After spending 10 days on skins, 40% of the batch was transferred to old French Oak barrels for 18 months before bottling in February 2024.
Winemaker
Sheridan Alm (Viticulturalist), Armand Lacomme (Winemaker)
Winemaker's Bio
Sheridan Alm is a skilled viticulturalist and engages a low input and regenerative approach to growing wine to improve the health of the land for future farming generations. Passionate about the sustainable use of the natural resources on which Starrs Reach Vineyard relies, Sheridan was recognised at the Australian Women in Wine Awards as Viticulturalist of the Year in 2019 and also received the honour of Riverland Wine Industry Person of the Year in 2022.
The wines at Starrs Reach Vineyard are hand crafted by the talented Armand Lacomme - a Senior Winemaker at McLaren Vintners. Armand now calls Australia home after growing up in South Africa and studying Viticulture and Oenology at Stellenbosch University. Aligning with the values of Starrs Reach Vineyard, Armand is committed to a sustainable and minimal intervention approach to winemaking, allowing the wine to tell the story of the land on which it is grown.
