2023 GiGi McLaren Vale Grenache

Named after our youngest daughter Georgia AKA GiGi

95 Points Gold Rating From James Halliday Wine Companion 2025 (Special Value Recommendation)

"From vines planted in '99 on a site a few kilometres from the Gulf St Vincent on decayed sandstone and limestone soils. Pale in the glass with a faint haze, this saw a small portion (5%) of whole bunch and an extended time on skins, around 90 days, before maturation in old French oak. There’s a serene charm to this, a meshing of spice and savoury drive into the pristine fruit flavours, in a mid-sized frame. It has an Italianate quality, with the fleshy suppleness of variety welling beneath, fine but resolute pumice-like tannins the conveyance. Dried cranberry, sour cherry, warm terracotta, caraway, orange peel, pressed flowers. It’s a thoroughly modern grenache, and quite a delight."

Marcus Ellis

Published 24 February 2025