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D'Arenberg Custodian Grenache

D'Arenberg Custodian Grenache

A red wine from Australia’s few old Grenache vines
Organic
Biodynamic
D'Arenberg Custodian Grenache
75 cl.
2018
92 Decanter
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Details
14.50%
Alcohol 14.50%
South Australia
Production area South Australia
McLaren Vale
Designation of Origin McLaren Vale
D'Arenberg
Winery D'Arenberg
Contains sulphites
100% Garnacha Tinta
Varieties 100% Garnacha Tinta
16.0
Service 16.0
75 cl.
Volume 75 cl.

Tasting notes D'Arenberg Custodian Grenache 2018

Red wine Aged in wood Biodynamic and Organic.

D'Arenberg Custodian Grenache 2018 is a concentrated, purple-coloured red, fruity on the nose and powerful on the palate. Very elegant. This wine appears with notes of tomato, violets and red fruits. Other fruits like pomegranate and rhubarb join these fruits on the palate. The palate is voluminous and medium-bodied. Tasty and crisp acidity. Velvety and light tannins. Dry finish. Overall, on balance: light and very easy to drink.

Style D'Arenberg Custodian Grenache
Fruity
Spicy
Young
Barrel
Light
Body
Pairing
White meats, Charcuterie, Red meat

About D'Arenberg Custodian Grenache

Grenache, which comes from Spain, was never very popular in Australia. Traditionally this variety, which grows in Spain and Sardinia, has always taken second place in this country. Even in the 1980s, the government launched a project to extract these vines, where they paid producers to pull them up. Fortunately, however, there is always someone who holds onto their principles, without succumbing to these types of demands. D'Arenberg, a winery located in McLaren Vale was one of those, earning the nickname ‘Custodian of Grenache’. And d'Arenberg Custodian Grenache is a red wine that backs it up.

Today d'Arneberg, one of the first wineries in the area run by the Osborn family, owns almost a third of the old Grenache in the McLaren Vale (in South Australia, 30 minutes from the city of Adelaide). These vineyards are in addition to the other vineyards that the family owns, dating back to 1850, and which grow on very diverse sandy loam, clay and limestone soils. This geological variation, together with the influence of the sea breezes, which counteract the heat of the hot summers, and the moderate winters, ensure that the grapes ripen properly and without any shocks, reaching the best condition for winemaking. Each of these clusters is checked by Chester Osborn (the current generation of the family), who is in charge of tasting the berries in the vineyard and working out the optimum harvest time for each plot.

Once the grapes are ready to be turned into D'Arenberg Custodian Grenache, the work continues in the winery, using foot pressing and basket pressing. To make D'Arenberg Custodian Grenache, small batches of grapes are gently crushed, foot trodden and basket pressed. Once the must has been made, D'Arenberg Custodian Grenache is racked into old French oak barrels, where it will ferment and be aged on lees until the final blending. Finally, D'Arenberg Custodian Grenache is bottled without refining or filtering, resulting in a fragrant, sophisticated and complex wine that proves that sometimes a dislike of something and current crazes are wrong. Who would want to get rid of these vineyards?

2018

D'Arenberg Custodian Grenache 2018 is a concentrated, purple-coloured red, fruity on the nose and powerful on the palate. Very elegant. This wine appears with notes of tomato, violets and red fruits. Other fruits like pomegranate and rhubarb join these fruits on the palate. The palate is voluminous and medium-bodied. Tasty and crisp acidity. Velvety and light tannins. Dry finish. Overall, on balance: light and very easy to drink.
2017

D'Arenberg Custodian Grenache 2017 is a concentrated red wine. On the nose it is intense with tomato leaves, violets and red fruit. The palate is deep and medium-bodied. Ripe red fruit flavours. Pleasant acidity, crisp and bright, silky tannins. Dry finish with hints of liquorice.
2017
89 Parker
90 Suckling

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  • We send it to Portugal with CTT Express to your home
  • The shipment for 12 bottles is €8.50 with CTT Express.
  • For orders over €150 shipping is free with CTT Express.