Whistler Double Back Grenache 2024 14.1% 750ml

Whistler Double Back Grenache 2024 14.1% 750ml

TASTING NOTES

APPEARANCE

Bright ruby red in colour.

AROMA

With some beautiful floral aromas, this sings elegance. The whole bunch component adds a nice smokiness to the wine, and gives an extra layer of tannin that helps bring it all together.

PALATE

The palate is fresh and crisp with a layer of bright red fruits that draws the wine across the palate, makes you salivate and leaves you wanting more. The tannins are fine and elegant, and the acidity gives this wine a lot of precision on the palate.

WINEMAKERS COMMENTS

The Story Behind The Label In 2014 we were harvesting grenache for rosé from our 2001 estate plantings. 3 days after the pick, we noticed an entire row (row 17) was still hanging. My Dad of course denied responsibility, claiming to have never missed a row in 45 years of viticulture. He clearly needed glasses! We decided to hand pick the remaining row of fruit direct to barrel and footstomped in the vineyard. Years down the track, we don't deliberately miss a row, but we do incorporate that whole bunch component that adds a distinct rose petal lift to this wine.

CELLARING POTENTIAL

Ready to drink now or cellar for 5-7 years.

VINIFICATION

30% whole bunch was used to give this wine some crunch on the palate, and some spice and lift on the nose. The remainder of the fruit was gently destemmed out in the vineyard and fermented as whole berries to give a nice carbonic maceration juiciness to the wine. The wild ferment was plunged twice a day in open fermenters for 12 days before gentle basket pressing. The wine was then aged in a single French oak foudre for 9 months before blending and bottling with no fining.

ABOUT THIS PRODUCT

Country: Australia

Region: Barossa Valley

Vintage: 2024

Variety: Grenache & Grenache Blends

Alcohol volume: 14.1

Closure: Screwcap

Volume: 750

Weight: 1.5kg

Wine style: Red (Light Medium Bodied)