Jauma Ralph's Grenache 2023
McLaren Vale, South Australia
Grenache
12.5% ABV.
It’s always a real pleasure having new releases from Jauma in the building.
James Erskine and his family have been making pure, varietal expressions of McLaren Vale varieties since 2010 and were among the very first in the country to have bottled organic wines without any additions. Now farming their own 40 acre property in Lenswood and growing all sorts of fruits in addition to bottling cider and vinegar, the Jauma team remain some of the leading lights of South Australia’s wine community, not only making very precise and delicious wines but doing a lot of very positive communicating within with broader community of organic farming.
One of the domaine’s signature wines, this comes from hardy, well-established, dry-grown bush vines in Clarendon, planted over ironstone. The fruit was destemmed and macerated for a lengthy period before being pressed off to barrels for elevage. The quality of the vines is evident, with wonderful clarity and concentration to the pretty red fruit, with a structured but fine palate. Wonderful.
McLaren Vale, South Australia
Grenache
12.5% ABV.
It’s always a real pleasure having new releases from Jauma in the building.
James Erskine and his family have been making pure, varietal expressions of McLaren Vale varieties since 2010 and were among the very first in the country to have bottled organic wines without any additions. Now farming their own 40 acre property in Lenswood and growing all sorts of fruits in addition to bottling cider and vinegar, the Jauma team remain some of the leading lights of South Australia’s wine community, not only making very precise and delicious wines but doing a lot of very positive communicating within with broader community of organic farming.
One of the domaine’s signature wines, this comes from hardy, well-established, dry-grown bush vines in Clarendon, planted over ironstone. The fruit was destemmed and macerated for a lengthy period before being pressed off to barrels for elevage. The quality of the vines is evident, with wonderful clarity and concentration to the pretty red fruit, with a structured but fine palate. Wonderful.
McLaren Vale, South Australia
Grenache
12.5% ABV.
It’s always a real pleasure having new releases from Jauma in the building.
James Erskine and his family have been making pure, varietal expressions of McLaren Vale varieties since 2010 and were among the very first in the country to have bottled organic wines without any additions. Now farming their own 40 acre property in Lenswood and growing all sorts of fruits in addition to bottling cider and vinegar, the Jauma team remain some of the leading lights of South Australia’s wine community, not only making very precise and delicious wines but doing a lot of very positive communicating within with broader community of organic farming.
One of the domaine’s signature wines, this comes from hardy, well-established, dry-grown bush vines in Clarendon, planted over ironstone. The fruit was destemmed and macerated for a lengthy period before being pressed off to barrels for elevage. The quality of the vines is evident, with wonderful clarity and concentration to the pretty red fruit, with a structured but fine palate. Wonderful.