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Seaview, McLaren Vale, Australia
Thistledown Shes Electric Grenache
Thistledown Wine Company
Seaview old-vine Grenache, wild-fermented and named for a vineyard fire.
$59.00
750ml14% alc.Vintage may change. If it does, we’ll notify you of any price adjustment before dispatch.
About
Single-vineyard Grenache from Thistledown's dry-grown, 70-year-old bush vines in the Seaview district of McLaren Vale, on red-brown sandy loam over quartz and ironstone. The fruit is hand-picked early morning and fermented wild with 50% whole bunches after a gentle foot pressing, then aged eight months in used oak — 500-litre puncheons and 300-litre French hogsheads — before bottling unfined and unfiltered. It comes out pale but aromatic and layered: wild strawberry, violets and cinnamon spice over a crisp, textural palate. Certified organic and biodynamic.
Producer note
The wine is named for the vineyard's history: a bird landed on an overhead power line, caught fire and fell into the vines, destroying half the old bush-vine block. The fruit for this wine comes from the surviving older vines, farmed with cover crops and minimal spray to protect what's left.
Structure
Grape
Picked on Stef's structure profile.
