[SOLD-OUT] Aphelion Affinity Grenache Mourvedre Shiraz 2017

Wine Front 94 Points!

"Savoury edged, medium weight, edgy, lively and fresh. A superb wine that shows detail, vitality, control. It’s pretty in perfume gently sweet there and palate, rides well on glossy acidity, shows some light tannin detail. Succulent thing this. Yes thanks.”

- Mike Bennie, Wine Front, Feb18, 94 Points

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"A 40/35/25 blend of McLaren Vale Grenache, Mataro and Shiraz. A blend of 4 parcels of Blewitt Springs Grenache, 3 parcels of McLaren Vale Mataro and 2 parcels of McLaren Vale Shiraz results in a wine with oodles of complexity. Good roundness of fruit flavour on the mid palate leads to savoury finish with powdery tannin. All nine parcels that make up this wine were fermented and aged separately before blending. The Grenache components come from 3 separate Blewitt Springs vineyards. Whole bunch, whole berry and 3 month extended macerations were used. The Mataro parcels are from 3 separate vineyards, with some whole bunch, some four day pre ferment cold soak and some 3 month extended maceration used. The two Shiraz components are from 2 separate but very close by vineyards – one higher in elevation and picked earlier, the other picked later and then kept on skins for one month. The wine was then matured for 9 months in neutral French hogsheads prior to bottling in December 2017. Unfined & unfiltered. Total of 250 dozen produced."

- Aphelion

Country:

Australia

Region:

SA- McLaren Vale

Variety:

Wine Red - Shiraz blend

Size:

750mL