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Region: McLaren Vale
Grapes: Grenache
First Glance:
The Wine:
From the Springs Hill Vineyard, established in 1974 with the Grenache planted in 2007. Ironstone conglomerate mixed with sand and gravel over mottled orange yellow clay at various depths. Part of the North Maslin Sand formation. 200m Altitude. Sitting on a ridge above and benefitting from the orographic lift of McLaren Vale. Facing North on a gentle slope above the Onkaparinga Gorge. Dry grown. Gary Whaite grew the Grenache for the 2024 Vintage. Picked on April 4th 2024. 5% Whole Bunch. 12 days on skins pre-ferment, 8 day ferment, 61 days on skins post ferment. 182 days in a sandstone amphora.
The 2024 vintage was much drier and warmer than 2023. The resultant wines have less spice but more inherent power. Less whole bunch was used to push the fruit and tannin forward.
Gary used a sledgehammer and pick to break the conglomerate that runs through the vineyard whilst planting the Grenache. The label is of a broken piece of ironstone conglomerate gathered from the vineyard. The broken face of the rock shows reflective fragments within the rock combined with the milky way. Subtly embossed on the label is an image of Gary holding the sledgehammer looking simultaneously into the rock and sky at once.
