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ADVANCE RELEASE: SCHULLER ROAD GRENACHE

ADVANCE RELEASE

Schuller Road Grenache 2017

Blewitt Springs, McLaren Vale
Our Advance Release wines offer a portal into the future of Thistledown. They are wines available in extremely limited quantities (often only around 400 bottles). They are most certainly a passion project - carefully selected, hand-bottled and hand-labelled - showcasing some very special fruit and vineyard sites that excel in any given year.
Only 400 bottles produced
$65 | SOLD OUT
Tasting 
The wine displays very different characteristics from that of our other Blewitt Springs site offering up an array of almond blossom scented cherry fruit, hints of mineral and dark spice.

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

  • 95 points - James Halliday
  • 16.5/20 - Jancis Robinson MW
  • 91+ points - Cambell Mattinson
  • 94 points - Gary Walsh 

Viticulture
Some people claim that the finest Grenache vineyard in Australia is Yangarra’s High Sands which is in the heart of the Blewitt Springs sub region on Schuller Rd. At a marginally lower elevation but on the same sandy soils and directly over the road, the di Fabio vineyard has wonderful 80 year old dry grown bush vine Grenache.
Winemaking
The grapes are hand picked and then naturally fermented, 30% is
whole bunch with 16 days maceration on their skins before  pressing to predominantly older 300 litre oak. Aged for 6 months before being hand bottled, unfined and unfiltered.
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Click below to download tasting notes in PDF format.
2017
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