Swinney - 2023 Swinney Grenache

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2023 Swinney Grenache

Nick Ryan, www.theaustralian.com.au, Best Wines of 2024 & Top 20 Red Wines Over $35, November 2024
“The Swinney vineyard in Frankland River has rewritten the map for Australian grenache, pulling focus from the traditional South Australian heartland and shining a light on WA's remote south-west. Tight and coiled at first, it unfurls gloriously in the glass to reveal dark raspberry and cranberry aromatics, a fleshy, gently gamey core of fruit and a complex weave of fine, gravelly tannins. ” 95 points

Ray Jordan, www.rayjordanwine.com.au, August 2024
“The pretty much perfect season in Frankland River has resulted in some of the best grenache yet released from this region. This is certainly a case in point. Yes, it’s soft and supple with plush red fruits and florals, but there is a more serious structure and purpose through the middle palate. Radiates brightness from its deep crimson red hues and bursts from the palate with unbridled enthusiasm. A ripper.” 96 points

Campbell Mattinson, www.winefront.com.au, November 2024
"Exceptional purity of fruit. Redcurrant with an edge of pink marshmallow, plus some twiggy spice, plus some rusty tin/ferrous characters. It’s dry and tannic but svelte with bright, pink, red berried fruit. You have to like a bit of tannin, it really puts the squeeze on, but it’s very good. Simultaneously satiny and wild." 94 points

Wine Specs

Vintage

2023

Varietal

Grenache

Appellation

Frankland River

Harvest Date

5th & 12th April 2023

Acid

5.8

3.4

Bottling Date

February 2024

Residual Sugar

0.3 g/l

Alcohol %

13.8

Wine Profile

Tasting Notes

Deep garnet with purple hues Rose hip, perfume, pot puri, dark spice, squid ink, red licorice Very youthful, primary juicy acidity, pomegranate, pithy with great clarity, length and savoury, chalky tannin finish.

Vineyard Notes

Fruit was hand picked from dry-grown, established bush vines on our Swinney Wilson’s Pool vineyard. Fruit thinning and selective hand harvesting over several passes ensured we achieved as close to perfect fruit as possible.

Production Notes

The fruit was hand picked, destemmed, berry sorted and emptied to small wooden and stainless steel fermenters via gravity. We incorporated 20% whole bunches and wild fermentation to build structure and texture and provide the framework on which to express the distinctive aromatics and flavours of Grenache. The wine spent two weeks on skins prior to being pressed directly to fine-grained, large-format, seasoned French oak, and was aged on lees for 11 months prior to bottling. The wine was made with minimum effective Sulphites, is unfined and minimally filtered.

Other Notes

100% Grenache