Paralian Marmont Vineyard Grenache 2022

Single vineyard Grenache, fruit sourced from ‘The Marmont Vineyard’ Blewitt Springs, McLaren Vale grown by the Cross family.

Hand-picked fruit, wild-fermented in a 133-year-old wax lined concrete open fermenter, 19% whole bunch, remainder of fruit destemmed whole berry on top. Wine was matured on lees for 10 months in a 16 year old 2600L French oak foudre.

Pure high tone ripe raspberry fruits with Thai basil and blueberry. There’s the site specific cinnamon bark & African spice rack notes but the depth and darkness of fruits is more profound this year. Acidity punctuates a fresh drive of primary fruits with great depth and a lovely talcy tannin profile tucks this all in. One of the purest Marmont releases to date.