Willunga 100 Trott Vineyard Grenache 2022

Our Verdict

"The 2022 Trott Vineyard Grenache Blewitt Springs is excellent.

It is both sweet and mineral, spicy and fine, with fleshy fruit and intense flavor, and all-round, it's relatively thrilling. It combines eminent drinkability and deliciousness with serious complexity, all the while framed by very fine, savory, silty tannins. There's dried rose petals, tobacco, ozone, sea spray, black cherry, raspberry pip, white pepper (not making any allusions to cool climate, just stating what I see), graphite, black tea and something really juicy and fine right at the tip of my tongue. 

This is a truly exciting wine here. The Trott Vineyard was planted in 1952 and is an east-facing vineyard with dry-grown bush vines. Being in Blewitt Springs, it is all about the ancient, sandy soils over clay and ironstone. What a wine! The tannins!"  96+ Points - Erin Larkin robertparker

"The highest, coolest and arguably the most famous site for Grenache in the Vale. Old, dry-grown bush vines. Thirst-slaking tannins bridge the attack and a chewy, ferrous finish, in which blood plum, bergamot, kirsch, dried thyme and lilac carouse." Decanter Top 30 Grenache

"Hewn of old-vine fruit from the legendary Trott vineyard in Blewitt Springs. There is a great deal of attention paid here to tannin management, which I appreciate. After all, the tamarind, raspberry liqueur, cardamon and Moroccan basement scents need some sort of savoury, sinewy placation. This, mid-weighted of feel yet dense and dutifully fresh, manages it with aplomb." 92 Point - Ned Goodwin 

• ABV 14.5%

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