Raspberries, red licorice, sarsaparilla and underlying leather and spice notes. A juicy fresh palate with raspberry compote, some iron filings minerality and fine talcum tannins.
Details
RegionFrankland River, Western Australia
Vintage2024
TypeRed Wine
VarietyGrenache
Variety Composition
100% Grenache
Alcohol Volume14.5%
Background
The “At First Sight” Grenache is our early release, primary fruit
driven juicy red style. Grenache is well suited to the dry and
gravelly Frankland subregion and we thought it would suit
carbonic maceration (whole bunch) too.
Vintage Notes
The 2024 vintage was one of the earliest recorded and this
realized perfectly and evenly ripe grenache fruit. Handpicked and
utilizing whole bunches.
Winemaking
The fruit was destemmed to open top fermenters with 10% whole bunches. Wild ferments took 8 days to complete on skins When dry the Grenache was gently pressed and run to seasoned 500L puncheons for 5 months.
Tasting Notes
The 2024 At First Sight has luscious red fruit: raspberries, red
licorice, sarsaparilla and underlying leather and spice notes. A
juicy fresh palate with raspberry compote, some iron filings
minerality and fine talcum tannins. Great aromatics backed up by intensity, complexity and approachability. All class. Has to be tried (chilled or not)with smoked kassler or bratwurst and
sauerkraut.
