2023 Gary’s McLaren Vale Vineyard Grenache

I started working with Grenache over 10 years ago in the Barossa Valley. Grenache and its eagerness to please immediately resonated with me. The question that arose for me was why is Grenache so underappreciated? Grenache’s problem is that it tries to be too much and succeeds, you ask and Grenache will deliver. Because of this, it has been the workhorse for many wine regions around the world. A little water and some generous soil and yields abound, supplying growers in otherwise marginal area...Read More...

I started working with Grenache over 10 years ago in the Barossa Valley. Grenache and its eagerness to please immediately resonated with me. The question that arose for me was why is Grenache so underappreciated? Grenache’s problem is that it tries to be too much and succeeds, you ask and Grenache will deliver. Because of this, it has been the workhorse for many wine regions around the world. A little water and some generous soil and yields abound, supplying growers in otherwise marginal areas with decent crops and decent livings because of it. The story that this success suppressed was the ability of Grenache to produce truly fine wine. Grown in regions that few other varieties would survive let alone produce fruit suitable for vinification. Grenache’s ability to reflect its clone, site, how it’s grown and made is near unparalleled. - Mark Bulman, Winemaker. 

 

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