Aphelion Hickinbotham Grenache Noir 2024 14.1% 750ml

Aphelion Hickinbotham Grenache Noir 2024 14.1% 750ml

TASTING NOTES

APPEARANCE

Bright vibrant purple in the glass.

AROMA

Lifted aromatics of cranberry, bramble, and cherry.

PALATE

Herbal characters abound on the palate, with rosehip, just-ripe strawberry, and blood orange flavours. A rasp of light tannin provides good length and a savoury finish. The Hickinbotham Grenache has great energy and vitality in a medium bodied frame.

REGION NOTES

Sourced from Blocks 111-113 at the highest elevation of the Hickinbotham vineyard in Clarendon. A southerly aspect provides respite from the hot afternoon sun during ripening ensuring that this fruit is the last Grenache harvested with a very long hang time on the vine to produce a very well-developed flavour profile.

WINEMAKERS COMMENTS

Part of our premium SV Grenache range, the fruit used to make this wine is sourced from a single vineyard in the Clarendon area of McLaren Vale. The highest altitude wine in the range with vibrancy and crisp acid drive, red fruits mingle with herbal briar characters to create a wine of freshness and depth.

FOOD MATCHING

Vegetable lasagne with a rich béchamel.

VINIFICATION

The fruit was hand-picked on the 3rd March and processed as a 100% whole bunch ferment. After a slow and cool ferment the fruit was pressed to large format neutral French oak where it remained on full lees until racking for bottling in May 2025.

GRAPE VARIETY

100% Grenache