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Region Variety Tasting Notes The palate starts with a huge flavor. Thick, ripe mulberries, blackberries and blueberries progress into a rich, gutsy, licorice and bitumen palate, followed by masses of powerful, youthful, gritty fruit tannins, layered with tons of flowery, cranberry and dark fruit flavors, and a youthful acidity. This is a wine of intense concentration. With time, the tannins will somewhat soften and integrate as the fruit flavors open. The palate, while richer, further turns into a very full glycerol, chocolate, spicy and ripe fruit wine, with great length and acidity. Background Last used for grape production two decades ago, the vineyard fell into
neglect and was utilized as a horse paddock. Horses had trampled on the vines
making them unproductive. Vine pruning occurred sporadically when the horses
snacked on them. Long bracken ferns and native grasses up to a meter high
entwined with, and hid the vines. The vines themselves resembled Medusa’s hair -
wild, thick, struggling and gnarled. Taming and rejuvenation of the vineyard
occurred over several years with weeding, reposting, trellising and pruning
undertaken. The exceptionally low yielding Grenache was hand-picked late in Accolades
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