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This is pure! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- Randall\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'helvetica neue'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #222222;\"\u003e'Big man Randall Pollard says “Maslin Sands and organic old bush-vine character! Made by PF at Yangarra, with 2 tonnes of hand-picked  fruit, de-stemmed, whole berries, gently plunged with the occasional pump over. Natural ferment, doted over by Shelly Torresan, then put in old barriques.” Blewitt Springs is the appellation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'helvetica neue'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #222222;\"\u003eExcellent Grenache of firm structure and ferrous nature. Ripe raspberry, dried rose, a little spice and clay-like earthiness. It’s firm with dry fine sandy tannin, cherry and other red fruit,s a little juicy but not at all sweet or confected, which is a lovely thing. Finish is insistently tannin in the nicest possible way, and long with it. Excellent.' \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'helvetica neue';\"\u003e94 points - Gary Walsh, The Wine Front\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cspan\u003eGrenache's telltale aroma of kirsch kicks off the melee. Turkish delight, sour-cherry pith, orange zest, too. Some bunchy spice and a scrub of firm sandy tannins – almost volcanic and chamois of feel – splay across a long finish, evincing authority while conferring a welcome savouriness. A delicious wine, although it could do with half a degree more ripeness and warmth. \" \u003cstrong\u003e92 points - Ned Goodwin MW, Wine Companion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Randall's Fine Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42417816666292,"sku":"20HTWACGRN750","price":19.9,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0561\/1261\/1508\/files\/2018_Heartwines_Archie_Old-Vine_Grenache_de997eb0-c0e5-4962-99fe-af1cb72ddeb0.jpg?v=1697582866"},{"product_id":"2020-heartwines-archie-old-vine-grenache-750ml-bottle","title":"2020 Heartwines ‘Archie’ Old-Vine Grenache 750Ml Bottle","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom the famous Yangarra \"Highsands\" block, probably the best bush-vine grenache block in Australia. The site was planted in the 40's and is organic. The grapes are fermented and hand-plunged in open vats; then aged in older barrels. The site produces tiny berries with great flavour and the wines has \"Burgundy-like\" suppleness and silky texture. \u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Randall's Fine Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42428488515764,"sku":"20ARCHGRN750","price":19.9,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0561\/1261\/1508\/files\/2018_Heartwines_Archie_Old-Vine_Grenache_849567a9-e96d-4aa4-a2ed-dc1f19b51db9.jpg?v=1698025204"},{"product_id":"2012-chateau-rayas-chateauneuf-du-pape-750ml-bottle","title":"2012 Chateau Rayas Chateauneuf-du-Pape 750ml Bottle","description":"\"Presented in three components, as is Reynaud's custom. #1: High-pitched red berry and floral aromas show superb purity and focus. Racy, crisp and concentrated, offering intense raspberry and cherry flavors and a bracing mineral nuance. Finishes long and spicy, with a whiplash of zesty minerality and lingering red fruit. #2: Deeper and darker in profile, offering sweet black raspberry and cherry-cola aromas and flavors and a hint of licorice. Shows impressive power on the close, with dusty tannins coming on late. #3: Spicy, floral dark berry aromas, with an exotic Indian spice note in the background. Stains the palate with powerful blackberry and bitter cherry flavors that are complicated by notes of smoky minerals and lavender. Suave and seamless on the finish, which lingers with excellent tenacity and smooth, harmonious tannins.\" \u003cstrong\u003e95 pts! - Josh Reynolds, Vinous\u003c\/strong\u003e","brand":"Randall's Fine Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42491612364980,"sku":"12CHRYSCHNDP750","price":3595.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0561\/1261\/1508\/files\/CharvinCdRCNDP-April24_3_ccbd9553-1fec-47bc-a86b-c75b1e03389b.png?v=1713495104"},{"product_id":"2023-bindi-col-mountain-heathcote-grenache-750ml-bottle","title":"2023 Bindi Col Mountain Heathcote Grenache 750Ml Bottle","description":"","brand":"Randall's Fine Wines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43140076503220,"sku":"23BNDDNGRN750","price":40.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0561\/1261\/1508\/files\/BINDIDHILLONCOLMOUNTAINGRENACHE750MLBOTTL.jpg?v=1715836425"},{"product_id":"2021-domaine-font-de-courtedune-chateauneuf-du-pape-copy","title":"2022 Domaine Font de Courtedune Cotes du Rhone 750ml Bottle","description":"","brand":"Beaune \u0026 Beyond","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43456329711796,"sku":"21FDCCDP750","price":29.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0561\/1261\/1508\/files\/Parallele_Courtedune-August24_2.png?v=1724651048"},{"product_id":"2023-yangarra-ovitelli-grenache-750ml-bottle","title":"2023 Yangarra Ovitelli Grenache 750Ml Bottle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e97 points - Marcus Ellis, Halliday Wine Companion '\u003c\/strong\u003eFrom original '46 vines next to the High Sands block. The '23 grenache wines are very pale in the glass, and they are all a degree lighter in alcohol due to the cool year (one I love). A vintage like this really illustrates the kinship with the avant-garde grenache of Gredos, and with Barbaresco, and refined Etna Rosso (Girolamo Russo in particular), rather than almost anything from the Rhône. Savoury, dried red fruits, cranberry, cherry and redcurrant, warm terracotta, bergamot, potpourri, sumac, ground cinnamon, star anise, so tightly coiled, but also tensile, finely expansive in its flavour delivery. There’s tension aplenty, and it promises to unfurl over a long life. Superb.' \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e95 points – Angus Hughson, Vinous \u003c\/strong\u003e'The 2023 Grenache Ovitelli is stunning. This has wonderful purity of energetic red cherry, dried herb and subtle meaty tones. 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This is spicy, lifted, with the depth that this site always displays, the layering of fruit, spice and mineral inflection all visible, but the old-vine intensity viewed though through a cooler lens. Red fruited, with berries, cherries and pomegranate, fresh red florals, musk and blood orange, the tannins so impeccably fine and graceful, yet no less purposeful and savoury. The fruit clings to the tannins – like flesh to a cherry pit – without spilling out. It’s a beautifully poised iteration of this cuvée, and just such a delight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e97 Points - Marcus Ellis, \u003cem\u003eHalliday Wine Companion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cellarhand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44060455502004,"sku":null,"price":85.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0561\/1261\/1508\/files\/2023_S.C._Pannell_Old_McDonald_Grenache_750ml.png?v=1759978584"},{"product_id":"2016-reserve-chateau-des-tours-vacqueyras-rouge-750ml","title":"2016 'Reserve' Château des Tours Vacqueyras Rouge 750mL","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The 2016 Vacqueyras Réserve seduces from the first pour as it unfurls in waves of ripe kirsch, dark licorice, wild stems and sun-warmed herbs, all laced with a whisper of forest strawberry that lends it an irresistible Reynaud-esque perfume. On the palate, it's full-bodied and voluptuous with a fleshy richness that glides across the tongue. The finish is long, layered and luxuriously dense, translating into pure finesse. In short, this is the finest Vacqueyras from Château des Tours I've ever tasted. It deserves at least five more years of patience as this bottle, opened (not decanted) 12 hours ahead, only grew more alluring with every passing hour.\" \u003cstrong\u003e95Pts. - Nicolas Greinacher, \u003cem\u003eVinous\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Spoken about in hushed tones by many a collector, Chateau Rayas - and all of its arms from Fonsalette to Chateau des Tours - is known as the greatest Grenache producer in the world. After his uncle Jacques' passing in 1997, Emmanuel Reynaud has continually crafted phenomenal wines from each estate that are sought the world over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeveral generations have run the Chateau Rayas, but Jacques Reynaud took the wines into the stratosphere, where Emmanuel has only served to keep them since his ascendance in 1997. Almost as reticent in accepting his fame as Jacques - who used to hide when cars would approach the Chateau - Emmanuel guards closely his recipe to the legendary wines escaping the estate every year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe know that the vines are ancient and produce small, intense yields. There is no temperature-control in the cellars, and the wines ferment in concrete before being transferred to ancient barrels of several different sizes. That's it - no magic tricks, just patience; the wines will ferment for about a year, and then will be aged in bottle at the estates until they are deemed ready to drink; routinely vintages are released nearly a decade after their fermentations conclude.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom Chateau des Tours in Vaucluse, 40 hectares of Grenache, Syrah, Merlot, Cinsault, Grenache Blanc and Clairette are planted to black sand vineyards. 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The old maison is flanked on both sides by tall towers (hence Des Tours). Emmanuel took over this château from his father Bernard (Jacques' brother) in 1989. The vineyards are tended with organic methods, manually plowed, harvested much later than other producers, and centered around a reverence for old-vine Grenache.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDuring vinification, each varietal of every vineyard is fermented separately in oak casks, with assemblage taking place in enamel-lined tanks before bottling. The maceration ranges from 12 to 15 days, and fermentation is allowed to begin naturally with no inoculation of yeasts. The wine is then aged for 12 months, with the Merlot aged in barriques (30% new).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGrenache, Counoise, Syrah, Cinsault, Merlot.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Spoken about in hushed tones by many a collector, Chateau Rayas - and all of its arms from Fonsalette to Chateau des Tours - is known as the greatest Grenache producer in the world. After his uncle Jacques' passing in 1997, Emmanuel Reynaud has continually crafted phenomenal wines from each estate that are sought the world over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeveral generations have run the Chateau Rayas, but Jacques Reynaud took the wines into the stratosphere, where Emmanuel has only served to keep them since his ascendance in 1997. 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