Tasting Notes

Fruit sourced from 3 old vine vineyards from low and high elevation in McLaren Vale has again created a 100% Grenache wine that is highly aromatic, with berries galore and hints of exotic spices leaping from the glass. . Layer upon layer of fruit is evident sip after sip. Raspberry, strawberry, blackberry. Delicious, lush and persistent. Great texture. You need not be an expert in Grenache to enjoy this wine. It is simply wonderful. (john larchet)

Technical Notes

• Chemical Analysis
• Alcohol 14.68% v/v
• Volatile Acidity 0.53 g/l
• Titratable Acid 6.05g/l
• Residual Sugar 3.0 g/l
• pH 3.47

Reviews

Wine Advocate #198

Medium-deep garnet colored, the 2008 Grenache has intense aromas of mulberries, figs and kirsch over touches of baking spices, game and Ceylon tea. Medium to full-bodied with a good backbone of medium level silky tannins and crisp acid, it offers plenty of spicy, ripe fruit flavors and a long finish. Drinking well now, it should keep to 2017+. (Lisa Perrotti-Brown)
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Estate Profile

This is my very own new label. Inevitably my Irish heritage had to surface. Tir na N’og (pronounced “Tier nah Nohg”) is Gaelic for “Land of the Youth”. Irish legends and myths tell of a land where mortal time was suspended and everyone was young and beautiful. A place we all no doubt aspire to live in.
Vines were first planted in McLaren Vale in the mid 1800’s with pioneers such as Thomas Hardy, John Reynell and Dr AC Kelly, leading the charge with their passion being for Rhone varieties, notably Shiraz (Syrah), Grenache and Mourvedre. There was a further wave of plantings to the north of the McLaren Flat initiated primarily by Italian immigrants. These higher elevation vineyards have some of the most treasured Old Vine sources for Grenache.

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