2024 Aphelion Hickinbotham Single Site Grenache

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Named for the grower this wine is part of the Aphelion Single Site Grenache Noir range which is 100 whole bunch.

NT$ 3,585.00

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Part of our premium single vineyard Grenache range the fruit used to make this wine is sourced from a single vineyard in the Clarendon area of McLaren Vale. The highest altitude wine in the range with vibrancy and crisp acid drive red fruits mingle with herbal briar characters to create a wine of freshness and depth.Goes With Cheese Cremeux dAffinois with seed and fruit crackers.Goes With Music Emilie-Claire Barlow The Beat Goes On.Goes With Life A very good friends party or a midweek dinner.Serve At 16-18 degrees Celsius.When to Drink Built to continue evolving through to 2035.Vineyard Sourced from Blocks 111-113 at the highest elevation of the Hickinbotham vineyard in Clarendon. A southerly aspect provides respite from the hot afternoon sun during ripening ensuring that this fruit is the last Grenache harvested with a very long hang time on the vine to produce a very well-developed flavour profile.Winemaking The fruit was hand-picked on the 3rd March and processed as a 100 whole bunch ferment. After a slow and cool ferment the fruit was pressed to large format neutral French oak where it remained on full lees until racking for bottling in May 2025.ABV 14.1.Production 1300 bottles produced under DIAM Origine cork. Unfiltered Unfined Vegan

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Producer	Aphelion Wine Co
Region	McLaren Vale
Varietal	Grenache
Vintage	2024
Alcohol %	14.1
Wine Style	Whole bunch large format neutral French oak
Reviews	97 points Marcus Ellis for Halliday Wine Companion - with Special ValueThere were three Aphelion single-block micro-bottlings from the Hickinbotham vineyard Clarendon in 24. This is not an assemblage of those rather a 100 whole bunch ferment the block wines were destemmed of 111112 blocks as one. This is my pick of the three gloriously fragrant and complex invested with depth and absent of heft. A swirl of red florals souk spices sandalwood cranberry sour cherry and umeboshi. The whole bunch adds savouriness detail lift and finely etched tannin but knits in so quietly with effortless integration. Its a wine that makes me want to linger over the nose so captivating is the fragrance. But its equally good on the palate trailing long the flavour fanning out expansively. Superb. Published 22 September 202596 points Campbell Mattison for The Wine FrontI lost an hour or so today because I was sitting and marvelling at this wine and wondering how the hell I could do it justice in words. Some wines are better than the person writing about them. This wine pulls out the spice box and throws it at you the fortunate thing being that the box wasnt full and so what hits you seems reasonable. There are red licorice notes red and black cherry sandalwood potpourri an assortment of dry roasted spices a musky-vanillin-strawberry-shake note and a peppercorn aspect. The way the flavours here volley through the palate and the way it feels dry in the face of its own ripeness and the way it then pulls a film of firm tannin right back through the wine is all both magnificent and elite.95 points Huon Hooke for The Real Review Medium-deep red-purple lovely sweet raspberrycherry fruit laced with mixed spices and iodine with some complexing earthytarry and ironstone touches. Intense sweet fruit backed by emery-like tannins that dry the finish. Very smart Grenache. Published Nov 9 202595 points David Sly for DecanterSourced from Blocks 111-113 at the highest elevation of the Hickinbotham vineyard in Clarendon this was the last Grenache harvested from the 2024 vintage producing a highly developed flavour profile. It also has powerful sustained aromas of cranberry and cherry benefitting from 100 whole bunch-fermentation without having exaggerated influence. Showing strength and length without unnecessary heft fine-boned flavours of bright red fruits are piqued with a herbal bite to create a wine of distinctive freshness and great depth. The modest supporting role of fine-grained tannins provide a pleasing savoury finish.
Bottle Volume	750 ML

Tasting Notes

Bright vibrant purple in the glass. Lifted aromatics of cranberry bramble and cherry. Herbal characters abound on the palate with rosehip just-ripe strawberry and blood orangeflavours. A rasp of light tannin provides good length and a savoury finish. The Hickinbotham Grenache has great energy and vitality in a medium bodied frame.

Winemakers Notes

We have produced such interesting wines from the Hickinbotham vineyard. Access to multiple blocks has produced a range of wines of outstanding balance. - Louise Rhodes Mack Co-owner Aphelion

Food Pairings

Vegetable lasagne with a rich bechamel.