2023 Paul Osicka Majors Creek Vineyard Grenache

Produced from Paul Osicka’s small bush vine Grenache planting, planted on a sandy hill with red/orange clay this delicious Grenache was matured in seasoned oak for a period of 8 months.
Dark red core with black toned edges and a light red hue. Showing wonderful aromatic lift out of the glass are dazzling aromas of red raspberry, cherry and red liquorice gently infused with fresh herbs, scorched earth, vanillin spice and pepper. Juicy red to dark raspberry, ripe cherry and liquorice fruits are piled across the palate with magnificent intensity and a velvety feel. Infusions of crushed rock, fresh herbs and pepper lie underneath. Bursting with energy it has silky tannins and a long flowing finish that’s super succulent.
Drink over the next 5-6 years.
Alc. 14.5%

Other Reviews…..
The 2022 was minute quantities, a single barrel, maybe not quite that after personal consumption and samples went out – this 2023 release, from a cooler year, was more abundant, though limited by the bush vine vineyard planting likewise. To the end of the 2023 season the vines were farmed organically. It spent 21 days on skins.
It’s got the right mojo. Tension of fine, granitic tannin, a sour-tart cherry fruit spectrum, a sense of botanical/amaro-like pleasing bitterness, a chinotto like strand through the wine. It’s sappy and got some crunch, decidedly savoury, a touch into the pleasing medicinal spectrum almost with a wash of bergamot and black tea characters. It feels just about all about fruit character and quality. So refreshing, medium weight more or less, plenty of a sense of complexity. This is my kind of drinking, but should please a legion of grenache-ophiles in tandem. Drink 2024-2030.
94 points
Mike Bennie – The Wine Front