2019 Duke Reserve Grenache 6 Pack - Only 3 packs available

Place Very much a sentimental favourite, the Duke is carefully composed from two single Grenache vineyards in Watervale, Clare Valley, aged 72 and 78 years respectively. Both vineyards dry farmed, hand pruned and hand harvested. Vintage Conditions With a cool and dry growing season, ideal rainfall in early January quenched the vines’ thirst and filled out the bunches. The full bunches were able to ripen and develop complex flavours over the long cooler summer. These ideal conditions made it a delight for hand harvesting in late April. Winemaking Parcels selected for power and elegance were destemmed and crushed into small open fermenters where they were held on skins for an extended period to integrate flavour, colour and tannin. Basket pressed to seasoned French oak Puncheons and Hogsheads for 16 months allowed for gentle development and the accumulation of complexity.