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Whistler Get In My Belly Barossa Valley Grenache 2020 (6 bottles)

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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.
Picked over two dates, the 14th and 19th of March 2018, with the latter being hand picked by the legends at Gondola Gondola, 2KW, Bistro Blackwood, Shobosho, Crafers Hotel and Stones Throw in Adelaide. 20% 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 foot stomped twice a day in old concrete fermenters for 12 days before gentle basket pressing. The wine was then aged in old French oak puncheons for 6 months before blending and bottling with no fining and no filtration.

2020 was a great year for Grenache, with warm, dry conditions throughout vintage allowing ripeness to be reached while still retaining great natural acidity. Deep ruby red in colour, with some nice dark broody aromas, this is one of my favourite vintages of this wine. The whole bunch component adds a nice smokiness to the wine, and gives an extra layer of tannin that helps bring it all together. 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.

Vintage: 2020
Varietal: Grenache
Appellation: Barossa Valley, SA
Alcohol: 13.5%

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