Grosset Gaia Cabernet Blend 2022 (6 Bottles)
$648.00 GST Included
AUSTRALIA WIDE SHIPPING INCLUDED
Release: April 1st, 2024
Grosset Gaia from the cooler 2022 vintage shows impressive generosity and balance – the hallmarks of this wine for more than three decades. It has positive aromatics, gentle at first, then assertive; there are all the vibrant briary, brambly notes that you would expect. There’s a brooding quality about the wine that demands close inspection.
It is satiny smooth, tight and fine, but displaying its bright blackcurrant, dark liqueur cherry, blackberry, bramble flavours that are deep, satisfying and long.
Origin: Clare Valley, South Australia
Produced from 100% estate grown cabernet sauvignon (85%) and cabernet franc (15%)
Matured exclusively in French oak barriques (45% new) for 18 months
Unfined: suitable for vegans and vegetarians
Ageing potential: 25 years
Tyson Stelzer, WBM 97 Points
This exposed and extreme site in the upper reaches of Clare is characterised by Cabernet of concentration, varietal precision, structural confidence and grand longevity, and the cool 2022 season has only served to amplify all four dimensions. The depth and definition of crunchy blackcurrant and cassis fruit is monumental, and it is blessed with all the mineral-fine tannin, vibrant acidity and profound persistence to endure exceedingly long indeed. the essence of Cabernet, and of Gaia!
Description
Grosset Wines is an independently owned winery producing eight highly regarded premium wines and one spirit, each vintage.
“We aim to produce the best examples of variety and place. This is self-explanatory really; riesling from the Clare Valley, expressing the dramatic differences between soft rock and hard rock sites and then differences within those broad categories; uniquely sited semillon and fiano, cabernet from the coolest site in the region and of course, chardonnay and pinot noir from an even cooler sub-region of the Adelaide Hills. Purity of fruit and optimum ripeness are crucial to us, and we are not afraid to use different wine making approaches to bring the best out of each vineyard. Each is a testament to this philosophy.” Jeffrey Grosset.
Jeffrey Grosset, owner and founder was voted the inaugural Australian Winemaker of the Year by Gourmet Traveller Wine in 1998 and is internationally recognised as one of the ‘Top 10 White Winemakers’ (Decanter, UK) and one of the ’50 Most Influential Winemakers’ (Wine & Spirit, USA) in the world today.
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