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ADVANCE RELEASE: MORITZ ROAD GRENACHE

ADVANCE RELEASE

Moritz Road Grenache 2018

Blewitt Springs, McLaren Vale
Our Advance Release wines are a portal into what the future holds for Thistledown. This beautiful, old vineyard has some of the most characterful fruit in the district and just begged to be bottled separately to allow it to strut its stuff.
Only 400 bottles produced
$65 | SOLD OUT
Tasting 
An intense, deep coloured Grenache filled with wild cherry, spice and violets. Silky tannins and crisp, mouthwatering fruit leads through to a vivid, juicy finish.

Alcohol 14%
Suitable for vegetarians and vegans. 
Points & Awards

  • 96 points - James Halliday 
  • 95 points - Gary Walsh

Viticulture
Though the preceeding 2017 was a late, cool and sometimes damp season, it ended with lower than average rainfall for the late season. Above average rainfall in July and August filled soil profiles and dams but from then on the season has been very dry. As low as 40% of average rainfall in areas such as Blewitt Springs in McLaren Vale. It is this dry weather that characterised the 2018 season and the low disease pressure coupled with ideal conditions
for flowering and early development set the vines up for an  excellent season.  With virtually no rainfall between January and April, fruit quality in all areas was very good though some heat stress in February led to isolated defoliation, particularly on Shiraz. As we like to pick “on the way up” our season began quickly with a number of varieties ripening at once but then progressed nicely, with the ability to pick when it suited given the settled weather.
Winemaking
Hand picked, wild fermented using 20% whole bunches in an open fermenter. Hand plunged gently during active ferment. 15 days skin contact. Pressed to 300l French 2nd and 3rd use hogsheads. Matured for 8 months prior to individual barrel selection. Hand bottled unfined and unfiltered.
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Click below to download tasting notes in PDF format.
2018
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