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Aphelion Hickinbotham Grenache 2023
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Aphelion Hickinbotham Grenache 2023 - 1 Bottle is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
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Aphelion Hickinbotham Grenache 2023
95 POINTS - The Wine Front
“If you’re going to drink this now-ish, give it a long decant. The quality then is stellar.”
– Campbell Mattinson
Sourced from Blocks 111-113 at the highest elevation of the Hickinbotham vineyard in Clarendon. A southerly aspect provides respite from the hot afternoon sun during ripening ensuring that this fruit is often the last Grenache harvested with a very long hang time on the vine to produce a very well developed flavour profile.
Winemakers comments
Part of our premium SV Grenache range, the fruit used to make this wine is sourced from a single vineyard in the Clarendon area of McLaren Vale. The highest altitude wine in the range with the block sitting at around 250m ASL.
Vinification
The fruit was hand-picked on the 25th March and processed as a 100% whole bunch ferment. After a slow and cool ferment the fruit was pressed to large format neutral French oak where it remained on full lees until racking for bottling in May 2024.
grape variety
| Type | Red Wine |
|---|---|
| Varietal(s) | Grenache |
| Country | Australia |
| Region | McLaren Vale |
| Brand | Aphelion |
| Vintage | 2023 |
