Bethany Wines of Barossa
Blue Quarry Grenache 2022
Blue Quarry Grenache 2022
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Sourced from two selected Survivor Grenache parcels this wine highlights the beauty and elegance possible with Grenache. The pretty nose of wild red fruits is enhanced with herbal notes and a touch of clean earth. The palate has red fruits and intense enveloping tannins that provide structure and backbone through a long, balanced finish
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Wine Details
Winemaking
Hand picked whole berry ferments with 42% whole bunch for complexity and aromatic lift. Individual parcels fermented at 20-26C with daily pumpovers or punchdowns. Blended in January 2023 and put back to seasoned oak until bottling.
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Tasting Notes
Colour
Vibrant dark crimson shot through with purple
Nose
Super complex and seductive nose of lifted red berry fruits, dark earth and pretty small pink and purple floral notes.
Palate
All the beauty and fresh red fruit of Grenache are lifted, tightened and supported by sappy whole bunch herbal notes. The palate has crisp acidty and chewy fine tannins rolling through dark cherry and flinty mineral characters. A long, balanced and crisp finish of cherry stones and fresh tobacco leaf.
Food Pairing
Classic mediterranean dishes such as ratatouille, cassoulet, osso bucco.
Notes
Viticulture
The 2022 vintage overall was a very balanced and excellent vintage. Adequate rainfall in 2021 was followed a heavy hailstorm which did create some damage in the Shiraz vineyards. However, the main summer ripening season was blessed by moderate temperatures with no very hot (>35C) days and cool nights. This lead to a long and gentle ripening period allowing all fruit to achieve full flavour maturity along with sugar ripeness. The outcome was a long harvest period without any undue pressure from the weather and both white and red grapes showing great flavour intensity, excellent retention of acid and in the case of the red grapes, exceptional colour density.
Technical
Oak
Matured in 3-5 year old seasoned French oak puncheons and hogsheads
Alcohol: 14.5%
pH: 3.27
TA: 6.4g/L
Reviews & Awards
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April, 2024
Wine Orbit
Sam Kim
Sweetly ripe and inviting, the wine shows ripe cherry, rich floral, warm spice and toasted almond characters on the nose, followed by a flavoursome palate offering succulent fruit intensity with fleshy texture and beautifully rounded tannins. It's silky and lingering with delectable flavours.
95 pts