Willunga 100 Blind Spot Vineyard Moritz Block Blewitt Springs Grenache 2023

Willunga 100 Blind Spot Vineyard Moritz Block Blewitt Springs Grenache

Region: McLaren Vale, Australia

Vintage: 2023

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: Grenache

ABV: 13.5%

The nose has a vibrant floral lift with notes of violets as well as mulberry and blackcurrant fruit with underlying warm spice and roasted almond characters. The palate is medium weight, plush, textural and silky, showing fresh berry fruit characters, exotic spice and hints of star anise. The finish lingers with intense berry fruit supported by fresh acidity and fine, smooth tannins.

Fruit for the Moritz Block Shiraz is sourced from Willunga 100's own estate vineyard `Blind Spot` in the sub-region of Blewitt Springs (McLaren Vale). The vineyard is located on Moritz Road and was planted in 1934 by the Moritz family. The small, dry grown 13 row block within Blind Spot is called the Moritz Block in recognition of the family who planted it. It is north facing and sits at an elevation of 150m. The soils are deep Maslin sand over a base of ironstone and clay.

Fruit was machine harvested, then destemmed into a five tonne stainless steel fermenter for whole berry fermentation on skins for eight days, during which time it was hand plunged. The wine was then basket pressed off skins and transferred to two year old and older French oak puncheons for malolactic fermentation and maturation. The wine spent nine months in oak before being racked and bottled.

Willunga 100 has focused on premium Grenache since its first vintage in 2005. It was the sensitivity to site that Grenache displays in McLaren Vale, that attracted owners David Gleave MW and John Ratcliffe during their first recce to the region. They became determined to showcase the old vine Grenache they came across in vineyard after vineyard, particularly at a time when few took this grape seriously.

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