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A riper fruit profile. Whilst richer it retains freshness. A little more grip building here. A graphite, mineral feel. Just the slightest touch of raisining in a good way. Violets on red fruit, a little more darkness and baking spice here with blood orange citrus. As it settles in the glass all things fall into place and it builds a charming elegance.
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The Wait Single Vineyard Grenache 2021 is sourced from the Top Bush block owned by the Wait family in the northeast corner of the Blewitt Springs area of McLaren Vale.
Planted in the mid 1940’s, this block is dry grown and provides small berries with intense flavour and prominent tannin.
The most structural and savoury wine in the range, brooding in character with earth and briary characters dominating the palate.
Grenache is, and always has been, the varietal focus of Aphelion from McLaren Vale. Aphelion was founded in 2014 by Rob and Lou Mack with a dream to specialise in making aromatic, elegant Grenache. Now, Rob has fast gained a reputation as ‘Mr Grenache’ and is a highly respected member of the wine community and an esteemed wine judge.
We foster positive and energetic relationships with our growers, a handful in particular have been with us from the very beginning. This continuity is a thread that takes the radiance through every wine we make.
Farmers in McLaren Vale till our rich, ancient soils in environmentally sustainable ways to harvest world class produce.
McLaren Vale itself is incredibly diverse, boasting 19 different soil types and over 60% of its’ land being managed under our world leading Sustainable Winegrowing Australia program.
The varieties we’ve chosen thrive in our warm Mediterranean climate. They are what McLaren Vale is best-suited to: Grenache, Mataro, Nero d’Avola, Sagrantino.
Also Chenin Blanc; a white with a tendency to bring people together – gathering in polar palates from Sauvignon to Chardonnay.
Our growers are passionate about producing premium, hand tended grapes. We partner with only the most select, unique parcels of land and highly skilled growers who harness the sun and sky into pristine grapes.
Essential to create the premium quality of Aphelion Wine.
Marsh Brini
Joe Lopresti
Robyn & Gary Waite
Ben Lacey
Cathy Charnock & Peter Lockett
Thank you. Without you, we are cloudy skies.
Greek speakers will know that Aphelion means from the sun and this concept is central to our winemaking philosophy.
Our intentions are clear – to bottle sunshine.
And we mean it. Rob uses minimal intervention winemaking techniques, allowing the sun’s life sustaining force to shine out of the wines. Wines that are bright and fresh.
From our perspective, the ascendancy of our McLaren Vale wine brand Aphelion has been relatively meteoric. In the space of six short spins around the sun, we have turned our tiny, one-tonne project into our full time pursuit and one of the hottest brands on the market.
Aphelion is based in McLaren Vale.
Where in the world does the magic happen?
Aphelion Wine Co, St Andrews Terrace, Willunga SA, Australia
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