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Bulman 'Gary's Vineyard' Grenache 2024
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- TASTING NOTE: "From the Springs Hill vineyard in Blewitt Springs, with the '07-planted grenache grown by Gary Whaite. Pale in the glass, this is less effusively spicy than the '23, somewhat coiled, but with more power behind it. A story of vintage. Power is misleading, though, as this is just so refined, rolling through sour red cherries, dried cranberry, fresh bay and advieh spicing – cardamom, cinnamon, rose and cloves – the tannic framework so lacy and just so finely assertive. It’s early on this, but, having tasted it over a couple of days with ample air, it’s an exceptional release with a thrilling future." 97 Points - Marcus Ellis, Halliday Wine Companion
- ABOUT THE WINE: Gary Whaite grew the Grenache for the 2024 Vintage. The vineyard is grown in an ironstone conglomerate mixed with sand and gravel over mottled orange yellow clay at various depths. 200m Altitude. Dry grown. Picked on 4/3/24. 5% Whole Bunch. 12 days on skins pre-ferment, 8 day ferment, 61 days on skins post ferment. 182 days in a sandstone amphora. The 2024 vintage was much drier and warmer than 2023. The resultant wines have less spice but more inherent power. Less whole bunch was used to push the fruit and tannin forward.
- ABOUT THE PRODUCER: After working in Germany, NZ and most major regions of Australia, Mark Bulman made a name for himself in his native South Australia with over a decade at the Barossa’s Turkey Flat, claiming the Jimmy Watson Trophy in '17. That was with a grenache, the first win for the variety, and it was the result of much experimentation with and affection for the grape. That connection has only grown, with Mark focusing his eponymous label on a celebration of the grape. While launched with a Gigondas (a result of the Jimmy Watson scholarship), the heart of the range is a rosé (grenache, of course) with Eden Valley and Blewitt Springs dry red grenache bottlings first introduced from the ’23 vintage made sans oak and with a lightness of touch. Halliday Wine Companion
- COUNTRY: Australia
- REGION: McLaren Vale, South Australia
- VARIETAL: Grenache
- WINE STYLE: Red Wine
- WINEMAKER: Mark Bulman
- CLOSURE: Cork
- ABV%: 13.5%
- SIZE: 750ml
