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Aphelion The Confluence Grenache 2023
APHGRN23-1EA
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Aphelion The Confluence Grenache 2023

McLaren Vale, Australia
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About this Wine

 
country Australia
region McLaren Vale
variety Grenache & Grenache Blends
Style Red (Light Medium Bodied)
vintage 2023
closure Screwcap
Alcohol vol. 13.8
volume 750
Brands Aphelion

Tasting Notes

Aroma

Raspberry, cinnamon spice, and red liquorice aromatics jump from the glass and an herbal edge gives great interest.

Maturation

Aged in French oak 500L puncheons, 600L demi-muids and a 2,400L French oak Foudre for nine months before bottling. 1,200 half dozen produced under screwcap.

Appearance

Vibrant red with purple hues in the glass.

Palate

On the palate Satsuma plum, wild strawberry and fine sandalwood dominate with fine tannins giving the wine exemplary length. The palate shows great intensity and concentration without being heavy or cloying. A wine that shows great poise and balance.

Vinification

Several winemaking techniques were used to create the 2023 Confluence. 30% of the wine was fermented as whole bunches to bring some herbaceous influence. 25% of the wine was kept fermenting on skins for four months to impart savoury notes. Majority free run juice with a small percentage of light pressings.

Cellaring Potential

Ready to drink now but will continue evolving through to 2030.

Range Notes

Grenache from Blewitt Springs sub region of McLaren Vale.

Food Matching

Pan seared duck matches the spice and body of the wine well. The mushroom characters of a quality Camembert or washed rind cheese will complement the wine’s flavours and won’t dominate its delicate structure.

Winemakers Comments

This complex, aromatic, food friendly, but fantastically drinkable wine evolves in your glass. Good structure and length. Carries our signature savoury finish.

Region Notes

All hand-picked fruit from two old vine vineyards – both in the Blewitt Springs sub-region.
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Reviews

  • Marcus Ellis
    1

    Blewitt Springs fruit off 85-year-old bush vines, fermented with 30% whole bunches, some extended skin contact, raised in puncheons, demi-muids and a 2,400-litre cask. This is all charm, but with a distinctly sophisticated elegance of delivery, with all the expected pops of red fruit – raspberry, red cherry, redcurrant, some pomegranate – conveyed with vibrancy but never confection, florals, white pepper, musk and a hint of orange peel accenting. The tannins are fine, naturally wrought, food friendly and perfectly synched with the medium fruit weight. Just lovely. Points: 95/100

    Halliday Wine Companion ∙ 18th Sep 2024

  • Gary Walsh
    1

    Strawberry, raspberry, a fair amount of spice, a little twist of orange peel and amaro herbs too. It’s medium-bodied, offers bright cranberry crunch to acidity, and the quality of the tannin is something of a highlight – kind of like pumice stone – then it’s all juicy red fruit with a cinch of bitterness and a savoury flourish closing out a finish of fine length. It’s really good. It has energy, and it drinks very well too. Points: 94/100

    The Wine Front ∙ 23rd Jun 2024

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