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Description
The Bondar Rayner vineyard straddles the Seaview and Blewitt Springs sub-regions of McLaren Vale. The best portions of their home-grown Grenache have always come from the sandy soils on the Blewitt Springs side. And recently, Andre has found himself a little fruit from a block right in the heart of the Grenache purple patch.
The Higher Springs Grenache is grown on Sue Trott's beautiful Blewitt Springs vineyard, planted in 1952.
It's a darker, more broody expression of Grenache than their Rayner vineyard wine but all the better for it and should see it evolve beautifully in bottle.
Just 80 dozen made.
94+ Points
"Cherry, raspberry, almond, dried roses and thyme, with quite some spice and a little cedar. It’s medium-bodied, cherry and dried herb, a little blood orange in the mix, tannin is firm with a light graininess and grip, with a sappy freshness, and a dry pumice stone tannin finish of excellent length, some orange peel in the aftertaste. It has a good volume of fruit, yet its pretty savoury in style too, with an amaro twist. More to come, I expect."
- Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)
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