Tscharke Wines Single Vineyard Stone Well Grenache 2021 (12 Bottles) Marananga, South Australia

by Vinsight

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A beautiful semi-translucent ruby red. Explosive bouquet of red fruit and floral. This Grenache offers the most seductive combination of cherry, red plum, ripe strawberry and savoury elements of rhubarb, dried woody herbs, botanicals and earth. There is so much to discover before even taking the first sip.

In its incredible elegance, this wine is generous and powerful. The palate opens to juicy are ripe red berries notes and develops into a more savoury mid to back-palate. Notes of maraschino cherry, woody spice, white pepper and red earth carry the wine to the most beautiful, long finish.

This wine’s balance is something else…fruit sweetness, fresh acidity, firm grape skin tannins, and mid-palate texture play harmoniously and keep the wine dancing on the taste buds. Decant and enjoy now, or cellar away.

Hand harvested on the 15th of March. The fruit was fully destemmed into open concrete fermenters and allowed to macerate for 48 hours before inoculation.

The ferment was allowed to naturally warm up to over 30°C, before being. The cap was managed by hand twice to three times daily to extract as much structure as possible from the skins. Once dry, free run and pressing were transferred into a tank to complete MLF. In early May the wine was lightly sulphured and transferred with fine lees to terracotta amphorae, where it élevaged for 13 months, with regular bâtonnage, before being racked and bottled.

Deep soaking winter rains that trickled into spring provided a spectacular start to the growing season. The moist soils minimised the threat of frosts, followed with a mild spring at bud break made for a promising start to an incredible vintage. Despite its dryness, the growing season was relatively mild.

Warm days, cool nights and little to no disease pressure gave rise to fruit rich in flavour and naturally high acid, all with relatively modest sugar levels. The wines produced from 2021 will drink well young and many, if allowed, will cellar well to remind us of the great vintage. One of the best vintages in the recent decade.

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About Tscharke Wines

The story of Tscharke is one of continued evolution, and today our brand is a beacon of contemporary Barossa winemaking and the highest standards of viticultural excellence.

The land that is today referred to as the Barossa has been owned by, and cared for, by the Peramangk, Ngadjuri and Kaurna nations since the beginning of time. The most sustainable and enduring culture on Earth was practiced here for thousands of generations, in perfect harmony with the environment. Our family, and our business, pay our sincere respects to the traditional owners of the land we farm today and we recognise that the traditional owners of this land have a continuing cultural connection here. We acknowledge their unceded sovereignty.

As genuinely sustainable farmers, we seek to act as custodians rather than owners, never taking for granted the opportunity and responsibility to care for this remarkable land. One of our great gifts is the geography of Marananga, where the elevation of the Western Ridge of the Barossa and the ancient soils combine to create a truly exceptional micro-climate. Six generations of our family have lived and worked here, and the seventh generation are currently growing up among the vines.

After completing his Bachelor of Agriculture Science in Viticulture/Oenology with honours in 2000, Damien began to develop his family vineyards to old European grape varietals new to Australian viticulture, believing these varieties would thrive in the terroir and microclimate of Marananga, with the area’s prehistoric soils and Mediterranean climate.

Tscharke Wines was founded in 2004, heralding a new tradition in Australian winemaking with contemporary wines based on alternative varietals.

Damien was the first producer of Montepulciano in Australia and was awarded the prestigious 2004 Peter Olson Fellowship for Innovation and Outstanding Performance in Agriculture for his work with alternative varietals. We have continued to expand the boundaries of contemporary winemaking in Australia since the earliest days of Tscharke Wines.

This culture of innovation and the pursuit of excellence has guided Tscharke since our earliest days.

Vinsight

Vinsight is a Sydney based, fine wine distributor servicing the NSW and ACT wholesale wine markets. We hunt for intelligent, caring & talented winemakers. We find customers who value authenticity & quality. We simply bring them together. From our beginning in 2009 Vinsight has firmly established itself as a supplier of quality boutique brands to the NSW/ACT wine trade. Our primary focus is the on-premise and fine wine retail markets, although we service all channels. Vinsight is recognised for the quality and stability of our portfolio and the personal service we provide.

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