Thistledown She's Electric Grenache
| Vintage: | 2019 |
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| Winery: | Thistledown |
| Description: | 96 pts Nick Stock, JamesSuckling.com - "A super fragrant and floral rendition of this old-vine parcel from the Seaview district of the vale. It has aromas of poached strawberries and raspberries with a very seductive, whole bunch (50%) influence. The palate has such impressive detail with a very pure and sleekly layered shape, mapped out with super fine, layered tannins. The red-berry, pomegranate and blood-orange flavors are deliciously fresh. Drink or hold. Screw cap." 96 pts & Great Value Award, Halliday Wine Companion - "Dry-grown on stingy soils in Seaview, manifest as abstemious yields. hand-picked with 50% whole bunch, ditto whole berries as the rest; all whacked into a gently extractive wild ferment, foot trodden. The tannic glean a reflection of everything prior and an ample post-ferment maceration. This smells like Turkish delight, tomato, wild raspberry, bergamot, sour cherry and something rocky. The tannins, sand-etched and beautifully detailed. A pliant density. This set of wines is so on the pulse! I am astounded, smitten and swooning, all at once." 95 pts Gary Walsh, The Wine Front - "50% whole bunch. 675 bottles produced. She's Electric. Are Friends Electric? Electric Avenue. Together in Electric Dreams. Do I need The Mercy Seat? Perhaps. Light and frisky Grenache, layered with spice over cranberry and fresh raspberry, rose and mint perfume. It's energetic, light and ‘Pinot-like', a little rasp of tannin, energy and tension, and a cool long finish that's just so appealing, you want to dip back in straight away. Bloody beautiful. Love this style of Grenache." 92 pts Huon Hooke, The Real Review - "Medium to full red color with a good purple tint. Sweet raspberry, strawberry aromas, fresh and clean. The wine is light to medium-bodied and soft, gentle of texture, length is respectable and drinkability is high. A charming wine. Remarkable for its age, but how will it develop with time? (50% whole-bunches; 675 bottles produced)" 91 pts Wines & Spirits Magazine - "From a vineyard in Seaview, this dry-farmed, old bush vine grenache shows the region's warmth in its baked strawberry flavors and lasting ground black pepper spice. It's bright in the middle, gentle in the end with a red fruit glow. Pour it with spicy grilled pork." Max Allen, Australian Financial Review - "Grapes from a vineyard in the Seaview area of the vale, a site boasting both old bush vines and younger plantings of grenache. Super-fresh, rose-petally and gorgeously sweet-fruited, with a tangy Campari-like edginess (50 per cent whole bunches in the ferment) keeping it lively and bright. 16.5 pts Jancis Robinson - "Just 675 bottles produced from old vines at the Seaview end of Chapel Hill Road. The fruit was hand-picked early in the morning of 1 March before 'swift transport to the winery' where 50% whole bunches were retained. A gentle foot-pressing helped establish the wild ferment. Aged in 300-litre used French oak hogsheads for six months before being bottled unfined and unfiltered. Giles Cooke Mw of importers Alliance Wine in Scotland is nursemaid of Thistledown, which have three Grenaches in this collection. Bright mid garnet. Not much nose. But very lively palate with some raspberry notes and marked acidity (the whole-bunch effect?) and some sandy tannins. Easy to love, with real delicacy, but more youthful than the Bondar 2019. Lightly chewy at this point. Good with food?" |
| Price: | $ 44.99 |
| Price in original currency: | None |
Available from Southern Hemisphere Wine Center
| Address: |
5973 Engineer Drive Huntington Beach, CA 92649 United States |
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| Telephone (toll-free): | 800-504-9463 |
| Telephone (regular): | 714-892-3030 |
| Fax: | 714-892-6930 |
First added to 1000 Corks on January 19, 2021.
