Head Wines Ancestor Vine Grenache 2024
Head Wines Ancestor Vine Grenache 2024
$99, 14.5% alcohol, screwcap, Eden Valley.
Grown on the remote, cold, dry Stonegarden vineyard – a 167 year old vineyard near Springton in the Eden Valley, which sits at 400m altitude.
It smells so pure. It tastes so fresh. It’s awash with so many floral and earth and iron characters that it’s like stepping into an unfamiliar house and feeling, at once, like you’ve found barley, or safe housing. It’s driven by pure, bright, redcurrant-like fruit, though it’s also studded with anise, and hazelnut, and the barest whisper of chocolate. The ground spice, crushed flower characters are strong and compelling here though, in the most integrated and innate of ways. We have a beautiful wine here, truly, the latter emphasised on the finish by its length but also by the firm velvety flavour-drenched push of its tannin. 95 points – Campbell Mattinson.
