Grenache

Swan Valley

Grenache

There are two things that go together absolutely perfectly: the Swan Valley and old-vine grenache. This superb wine comes from vines that are more than 75 years old. They're non-irrigated and have necessarily been handpicked. It's medium-bodied with lovely perfumed aromatics of raspberry and red fruits. The palate is deliciously supple and juicy, with those red fruits augmented by a...

Swan Valley

Grenache

The source of the fruit is old Swan Valley bush vines that are now more than 50 years old. This is such a good example of what the Swan Valley does so well with grenache. He's followed the recipe of natural ferment with some whole bunches and maturation in old oak, so it all allows the fruit to express itself...

Swan Valley

Grenache

This delightfully light- to medium-bodied grenache comes off some old bush vines in the Swan Valley. Cliff has used some whole bunches with some natural ferment to create a bright, vibrant, medium-bodied grenache that captures the essence of the variety. Aromas of strawberry and raspberry with a slightly cherry character. And then a palate that's light to medium-bodied, soft, supple...

Frankland River

Grenache

This grenache has been sourced from Frankland River, which produced some very tidy grenache from this vintage. It's medium-weight with a lovely light mouthfeel, but there's plenty of flavour in there. Notes of red currant and rose petal on the nose, a faint hint of lavender, and then a palate that is supple, bright and with abundant flavour. Really designed...

Margaret River

Grenache

The colour is a pale onion-skin pink, classically rosé. This is made from handpicked grenache, which was whole-bunch pressed into older oak puncheons, where it spent three months after fermentation. All designed to build complexity, texture and enhance flavours. To this end, it's done it beautifully. Lovely floral notes, a little kumquat, cherry and even a touch of apple skin....

Frankland River

Grenache

Year in and year out, this has to be one of my go-to grenaches from Western Australia. It just never disappoints, and this one is another ripper. Beautiful rose-petal, red-berry and slightly juby nuances on the nose. And a bright-as-a-button palate that elevates with abundant red fruits. A slightly ferrous minerality for complexity and a beautiful, textured, slightly grainy mouthfeel....

Swan Valley

Grenache

This distinctive and always impressive grenache comes from a single vineyard of old bush vines planted back in 1954. It’s sited along the Golden Mile, which produces grenache of such exceptional quality. Great attention to detail was taken with bunch selection, handpicking and hand sorting of all the fruit from this old vineyard. Red fruits with raspberry, rose petal and...

Frankland River

Grenache

This Riversdale Vineyard in Frankland River produces some quite beautiful fruit. There’s almost a prettiness about it, and this wine captures that. Bright cherry and plum aromas on the nose, with subtle minerality. The palate is soft and medium-bodied, with a suppleness, but there is a core of grainy tannin giving it added structure and poise. A little touch of...

Frankland River

Grenache

This is one of my favourite wines in the Cherubino collection. It’s made in an interesting way that captures so much of Frankland River grenache, composed in a clay-cement ovoid tank, which is in the shape of a giant egg, and then the lees are continuously forced up, creating an internal vortex current. The technique contributes to the wine’s plush...

Frankland River

Grenache

Delightfully fragrant, perfumed grenache that delivers medium weight but generous fruit intensity. Nice red fruits on the nose, some rose petal and a trace of lavender. The palate is more medium-bodied, beautifully smooth and supple, with this lovely raspberry fruit character dominant. So beautifully bright and vibrant, with a lively, long and focused finish.

Swan Valley

Grenache

This grenache was sourced out of the Swan Valley, a region that contains some of the best grenache vines in the country. This has a slightly earthy, dusty aromatic working with the riper primary black cherry and plum notes. And then a medium-bodied palate starting to build a deeper complexity with layers of fruit, revealing ripe blackberry and spices.

Swan Valley

Grenache

A terrific expression of a soft, approachable, medium-bodied grenache, displaying all the lovely perfumes and florals at the outset. Some nice lightly plummy cherry characters on the palate, supported by well-integrated oak and fine, quite subdued tannins. It all balances neatly into a most appealing wine for drinking over the next few years.

Swan Valley

Grenache

These old vines in the Swan Valley handled the heat of 2024 really well. It’s mostly grenache, but there’s a tiny bit of mataro and shiraz. Strong red fruits on the nose, with a plummy dominance, and a palate which is generous and quite supple. The tannins have a slightly chalky character which offsets the plushness of the red fruits,...

Swan Valley

Grenache

Swan Valley grenache is the source for this quite beautiful expression of the variety. Such a bright, lively, and fresh grenache. Screaming for current drinking. It was made using a mix of whole bunches and whole berry, with open fermentation in concrete. Time on skins has allowed the fine tannins to integrate neatly with the vibrant red fruit. There's a...

Frankland River

Grenache

The fruit for this outstanding grenache comes off the Swinney vineyard at Frankland River. This is another exceptional wine displaying a lovely perfume and that ironstone character that is part of the regional DNA. Spent 18 months on lees and then and straight to bottle. It has lovely mouthfeel and texture. Tremendous fruit intensity delivered with a real style. There’s...

Frankland River

Grenache

Of the three Farvie releases from the searing hot 2024, this is the wine that just gets the edge. The colour is quite brilliant. It was picked on March 1 as distinct from the end of April in more normal years. Aromas have that distinctive ironstone character, which is regional and vineyard. The palate is quite tight and firmish, but...

Swan Valley

Grenache

A wonderful example of grenache from old bush vines in the Swan Valley, in a superb year. It’s medium-weight, yet it packs so much into it. Lifted florals of red fruits, rose petals, a little damp earth, and even a touch of wild strawberry on the nose. The palate bursts with youthful exuberance, punchy red fruits, minimal oak influence from...

Margaret River

Grenache

A modern expression of grenache, medium weight but with good structure and fruit intensity. Made with 30% whole bunch and partial carbonic maceration, it shows a delightful fruit lift. Aged for nine months in amphora, a nod to ancient Rome, it delivers bright red apple, rose petal, and raspberry, all in elegant restraint. The palate is seamless and integrated, with...

Swan Valley

Grenache

A variety that just does so well in the Swan Valley, and this year has proved quite exceptional. Opens with those typical red fruit aromas showing a nice strawberry–raspberry combination with a slightly confectionery character. The colour is quite pale, but that can be deceptive. Because even though it's medium to light bodied, there's a deep flavour intensity here with...

Frankland River

Grenache

Perfectly in tune with contemporary Rosé styles. This is grenache sourced from Frankland River, and why wouldn't you go down there for this variety? Colour is a pale pink. The nose is all strawberry and rose petal, with a little raspberry confection. The palate has a crunchy vibrancy with a watermelon–cranberry combination. Has a slightly spicy finish, with a lifted,...

Swan Valley

Grenache

A refined expression of grenache with slightly punchier fruit than some modern styles, yet it retains beautiful aromas of red fruits and rose petal, offset by subtle damp earth and vanilla pod notes. Fruit, tannin and supporting oak are seamlessly interwoven. Quite linear, but still with good flesh and medium weight, finishing long and clean.

Margaret River

Grenache

A wine that captures the vibrancy and youthful exuberance of grenache. Smoothly textured, medium weight, and full of lively energy. Typical aromas of rose petal and wild red fruits with a slightly spicy nuance. On the palate, a raspberry liqueur and cherry mix integrates seamlessly. A vibrant medium-term drinker.

Margaret River

Grenache

The palest of pale onion-skin copper tones. This rosé has been tweaked slightly to create something special. After hand harvesting and whole-bunch pressing, which gives it structure, it went into old French oak puncheons for fermentation and a further three months’ maturation. This adds both texture and aromatic complexity. Aromas of orange skin and cumquat with a light red apple...

Frankland River

Grenache

A remarkable grenache that captures much of the winemaking and viticultural philosophy with this wine sourced from the bush vine Wilson’s Pool Vineyard. The fruit was hand-picked, berry sorted and gravity-fed to French oak fermenters where 30 % whole bunches and wild fermentation have accentuated the bright spicy characters. The oak continues to play a more subordinate role with a...

Frankland River

Grenache

A delightfully fragrant, light to medium-bodied grenache from bush vines on the Wilson's Pool Vineyard. The season was challenging, requiring significant fruit to be dropped and careful hand harvesting to ensure only the best grapes were used. The wine was berry-sorted and gravity-fed into small wooden and stainless steel fermenters, with a higher percentage of whole bunch added during wild...

Swan Valley

Grenache

Another variety that excels in the Swan Valley, sourced from old, dry-grown vines. Open fermentation with wild yeasts and whole-bunch inclusion add dimension before maturation in French oak. Medium-bodied and brightly floral with raspberry and rose petal notes. The palate is beautifully integrated, supported by fine chalky tannins and understated oak. A superb expression of Swan Valley grenache.

Frankland River

Grenache

This is an excellent grenache from what was a very good year in Frankland River. As the name suggests, this is a let-it-be wine with minimal intervention. With the fruit coming from the Riversdale Vineyard, it was carefully sorted, with almost nothing added during the winemaking process. The oak was French oak foudre for just six months, which has allowed...

Frankland River

Grenache

If ever a variety was made for this type of winemaking using the giant egg ovoid to create a vortex of lees movement, then grenache is the one. And in this vintage, it has created something extra special. Bright florals on the nose with a beautifully medium to full-bodied voluptuous palate structure. It’s a wine of vibrancy and energy, evident...

Swan Valley

Grenache

The fruit source for this excellent current drinking grenache is the Swan Valley and that makes sense. It's made as a minimal intervention wine after hand picking and in this case was fermented with some whole bunches and then the use of carbonic maceration to really lift the palate and bring those vibrant fresh young red fruits to the fore....

Swan Valley

Grenache

Grenache in a good season in the Swan Valley is pretty hard to beat. A lot of detail has gone into making this wine, with vine selection, bunch selection, and then handpicking before further hand sorting. It's a dry-grown single vineyard of old bush vines, with the fruit wild yeast fermented, then bottled unfined and unfiltered using the gravity flow...

Frankland River

Grenache

Grenache. Frankland River. It just makes so much sense. And here is another example of how this variety is thriving in the southern region. This is in the medium-bodied zone and is simply bursting with bright red floral fruits—initially on the nose and then into that medium-bodied, refined, silky-smooth palate that captures this variety and this region so perfectly. Really...

Swan Valley

Grenache

I do like this example of an old bush vine-generated Swan Valley grenache. It was an outstanding year, and it has been captured so well. The nose is highly perfumed with scented rose petals and raspberry. In the winery, it was naturally fermented with some whole bunches using a pinot technique, and then matured only in old oak. So, this...

Frankland River

Grenache

Classically modern in every way, this is a quite beautiful rosé from Frankland River. The colour has a pale pinkish onion-skin hue. On the nose, punchy red berries emerge with some fine orange peel and a citrusy edge adding balance. The palate has a textured richness that makes it so appealing, while retaining that life, energy and fineness which is...

Margaret River

Grenache

This excellent grenache from this excellent season comes off one of the oldest grenache vineyards in Margaret River. Typically, fragrant and perfumed with that rose petal, cherry and raspberry combination. Offset with a little dusty, dry earth and leather. Palate is supple, medium-bodied, with tremendous length and precision. Lots of dark fruits and ripe berries, and harnessed with just the...

Margaret River

Grenache

A light to medium-bodied example of a variety that continues to grow in popularity. This has a firmish thread of chalky tannins and a slightly ironstone ferrous edge. It’s generous with a wild mix of berry fruit characters and a liberal sprinkle of spices providing a lift.

Margaret River

Grenache

It seems that roses generally fared pretty well in the hot months of this very hot vintage. Lift of rose petals and spicy cranberry. The palate is slightly textured but with vibrant energised fruit. Nice wine in the next couple of years.

Swan Valley

Grenache

Grenache makes some of the best wines from the Swan and this one in what was a very warm early start to vintage absolutely nails it. Medium-bodied with fragrant rose petals and earthy raspberry nuances. The palate is just delightful with sweet fruit balanced by understated oak, fine tannins and a little herby savoury touches on the finish.

Great Southern

Grenache

When it comes to delightful, delicious drinking, grenache is a variety that stood out in 2023. This is one of the most beautifully presented Rockcliffe wines I have tasted. Spicy plum and bright red fruits on the nose provide an exquisite opening. The palate has a vibrancy and energy that is part of the vintage DNA. It has a fine...

Swan Valley

Grenache

This is grenache sourced from the Swan Valley in what was an extraordinarily hot vintage. And yet the resilience and heat resistance of grenache is demonstrated with this delicious easy drinking red wine. Aromas of rose petal and raspberry with a dried herbs Turkish Delight combination. The palate is typically soft with fine tannins in support. The whole bunch approach...

Swan Valley

Grenache

You gotta love Swan Valley grenache. This comes from old dry grown and very low yielding bush vines that are handpicked and made following a traditional hands-on approach. Medium bodied fruit sees only older oak to let the natural exotic lifted red fruits of the variety to emerge. Rose petal and a touch of lavender with vibrant red berry nuances....