2023 Thistledown Thorny Devil Old Vine Grenache

Dark red in colour with black toned edges and a vibrant red hue. Lifted dark raspberry and liquorice aromas mix with some vanillin confectionary and peppered earth notes. Succulent dark raspberry, liquorice and dark cherry fruits overlay a scorched earth and black pepper back drop. Fleshy mouth feel with slightly grainy tannins and a juicy medium to long conclusion.
Drink over the next 4-5 years.
Alc. 14%

Other Reviews…..
From several districts, off old, dry-grown bush vines. The ferments are all nuanced, but all are wild, and there is always some whole bunch; maturation for eight months in old French oak. Pale in hue and pretty in fragrance, such is the vintage. Flavours skip through cranberry, wild raspberry, pomegranate and rose, with white pepper and cassia, the elevating quality the absence of easy juiciness with no loss of vibrancy. That theme is carried through on the palate, a smartly woven net of tannins ensnaring the fruit, shaping without constricting. Drink by 2029.
94 Points
Marcus Ellis – James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion