Kay Brothers Basket Pressed Grenache 2021 (6 Bottles) McLaren Vale

$177.00

AUSTRALIA WIDE SHIPPING INCLUDED

Our longstanding passion for Grenache and its favourable growing conditions in the maritime climate of McLaren Vale, inspired our ambition to produce a vibrant dry rosé perfectly suited to accompany lighter cuisine and enormously refreshing during the warmer months of the year.

The growing season for vintage 2020 began with good winter rainfall, followed by a dry but cool spring. Unfortunately fruit set was poor which kept crop levels below average. After a hot December the rest of the summer was cool and on the first 2 days of February we received some lovely rain from the North with 31mm recorded in the gauge at Amery.

The rain helped fill the dry soil profile and flesh out berries lifting fruit flavours and enhancing wine quality. Weather conditions for the final ripening period were cool and dry, perfect for flavour development.

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About Kay Brothers

Frederick and Herbert Kay took on the Amery vineyard over 125 years ago, but the virtues of this unique piece of land began long before those early days. McLaren Vale is known for its complex geology, and the Amery vineyard is no exception, with ancient soils comprising five different geological types, ranging from 10,000 to 550 million years old.

This complex soil structure means the vines struggle to thrive and survive. This struggle drives the development of powerful, concentrated flavours and fine, textured tannins, the hallmarks of Kay Brothers wines.

Our focus in the vineyard is sustainability, our team is always working to improve the bio-diversity and soil health across the property. This allows us to run the vineyard more organically, whilst making the vines more resilient to disease and drought conditions. We know that a healthy vineyard produces better fruit, which makes better wine.

The Block 6 vineyard, at 125 years of age, presents its own unique challenges as a vineyard, but one that more than makes up for the effort. It is more fragile, it requires more care, but it also more resilient, with deep root systems, and the ability to produce fruit with impressive density of flavour and unmatched complexity.

The aim in the winery is to do whatever we can to preserve the amazing flavours and characters nature provides in the vineyard.

To achieve this, we strive to be as gentle as possible from harvest all the way through the original open fermenters, hand plunging and heritage 1928 basket press.

Small batches are handled individually, maximising the unique characters that stem from each vine. Wines are then transferred to large oak formats to optimise oak integration, creating balanced oak influence.

These barrels are then stored in the cool, stone walled cellars, in a stable climate, allowing the wines to mature gracefully.

The resulting wines exhibit the balance we so carefully work towards, approachable wines with great aging ability, soft tannins, fruit quality and intensity of flavour.

Our methods may be old fashioned, but at Kay Brothers we are proud to make McLaren Vale wines that truly express their terroir.

Sante Wines

About Santé Wines

Santé Wines, based in Melbourne, Australia, distributes premium wines, ciders, beer and spirits.

Santé Wines was established in 2008 and is independently owned Managing Director and former professional NBA and NBL basketball player, Todd Lichti. Despite Todd’s basketball playing days being over, he applies his straight-shooting skills and Stanford degree in Quantitative Economics to great use leading the small but dedicated team at Santé, together with Santé’s General Manager, Krisdianne Shimmin.

The Company’s extensive range of fine wines regularly receive some of the highest accolades from the world’s most respected wine critics. Over half of the Australian wineries in Santé’s portfolio are consistently rated as some of the ‘Best Wineries of the Regions’ or receive five star ratings by James Halliday in his definitive guide to Australian Wine, the Halliday Wine Companion.