Bethany Wines of Barossa
First Village Grenache 2023
First Village Grenache 2023
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The love for Grenache at Bethany continues with this powerful, layered and utterly drinkable wine. A bright nose of red fruits and earthy notes leads you to a palate of dense, chewy fruit and fresh, fine grained tannins that lead to a long and complex finish.
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Wine Details
Winemaking
Sourced from old vine Grenache plantings, the fruit for this wine was carefully hand harvested and then fermented in separate parcels to ensure clarity of vision throughout the fermentation and maturation. Time on skins ranged from 7-10 days with whole berry ferments and the inclusion of whole bunches at 0-50% depending on the parcel resulting in 15% whole bunch inclusion in the final blend. Maturation on fine lees in seasoned hogsheads and puncheons protects and lengthens the natural fruit vibrancy
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Tasting Notes
Colour
Pretty, pale raspberry red.
Aroma
Serious perfumed expression of old vine Grenache, raspberry fruit, red earth, warm spices and subtle rose petal perfume in support.
Palate
A clean, fluid and gently powerful palate of sweet red fruits, rose florals and poppy seeds flows seamlessly through a structured framework of gentle sandy Grenachey tannins. Elegant and refined, this wine slips along the palate with precision, presence and satisfying persistence
Food Pairing
Enjoy with wood fired pizza, charcuterie plates and tomato based casseroles
Notes
Viticulture
A decently wet 2022 ensured a later start to the growing season than average for vintage 2023 with minimal soil moisture pressure. Rainfall during the harvest period presented some challenges in the vineyard but the sloping windy nature of the majority of the Bethany sites ensured that with care and attention and significant disease events were avoided. Yields were average to above average and the balance and quality arising from such a balanced and extended growing period is exceptional. Whites retained lovely natural acid and exciting levels of aromatic intensity and concentration. The reds show exceptional colour, pristine bright fruit and lovely balanced acid and tannin structures.
Technical
Alcohol: 14.5%
pH: 3.42
TA: 5.7g/L