2025 Wellington Grenache

This wine is named after our maternal Grandfather, who helped Lorraine and Neil to start Elderton Wines. Gramps, as we called him, was a larger than life personality that always had an eye for a great opportunity. He loved fine wines, especially the big reds of the Barossa.

From our Greenock vineyard on the Western Ridge of the Barossa Valley, established by the Helbig family in 1915. This beautiful contoured block of Grenache was planted in 1969. Sandy loam over red clay with patches of ironstone throughout, the vines here are quite lean in terms of vigour and seem happy that we ask very little of them as we prune to low bud numbers. In recent years we have applied straw mulch under vine

Vintage 2025 was the earliest on record for us at Elderton. With an exceptionally dry lead in to summer the vines shot ahead and we harvested almost a month earlier than last year, on the 22nd February. Grenache, with its inher-ent ability to self-regulate gave us a mild crop to work with. We fermented in a cement tulip, with 21% whole bunch. After 12 days on skins with a gentle cap management, the fruit was pressed and spent 11 months in seasoned large format French oak for malolactic fermentation and resting time.

Alcohol: 14.7

Aroma: Musk and a hint of dried fennel

Appearance: Medium garnet

Taste: Just ripe raspberries with a lovely creamy note tempered by a chalky tannin backbone which builds ever so quietly to guide the palate to a delicious vibrant savoury finish.

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Ageing Process: Seasoned French foudre