Category: | Red Wines |
Sub-Category: | Red Wines |
Producer: | Yangarra |
Label Name: | High Sands Grenache |
Vintage: | 2018 |
Country: | Australia |
Region: | McLaren Vale (Blewett Springs) |
Volume: | 750ml |
ABV: | 14.5% |
Grape(s): | Grenache |
Acidity: | 3 |
Tannins: | 4 |
Sweetness: | 1 |
Body: | 4 |
Length: | 5 |
Aroma Intensity: | 4 |
Best Temperature: | 16-18°C |
Awards/Ratings
James Suckling 98/100; Robert Parker (Wine Advocate) 97/100; James Halliday 96; Huon Hooke 96; The Wine Front 96+; multiple top-100 Grenache listings
Tasting Note
Bright red and blue fruits—wild strawberry, plum, blackberry—layered with blood-orange, floral lift, garrigue and saline minerality. Fine sandy tannins, concentrated yet elegant, finishing long and savoury.
Food Pairing
Roast lamb, grilled pork belly, charcuterie, mushroom or tomato-based pasta; Asian: Peking duck, char siu, Korean BBQ (bulgogi), spicy Sichuan lamb skewers, miso aubergine.
Production Method
Hand-picked, mechanically sorted; 100% destemmed with 50% whole berries; cold soak, open-top wild-yeast ferment, plunged; no pressings; aged ~11 months in older French oak; unfined.
Vineyard Info
Yangarra Estate, biodynamic/organic farm in Blewett Springs. High Sands block planted 1946 on deep silica sand soils; famed for old bush vines and terroir-driven Grenache.