The latest release from The Shed Distillery: an Irish gin with an exotic twist! This gin is distilled with more than 12 oriental botanicals, gunpowder tea, and a hint of Sardinian citrus--one of the rarest citrus fruits in the world found only on the island of Sardinia. The mix of botanicals and gunpowder tea gives this gin a uniquely fragrant, almost exotic aroma. Flavours are a delightful meld of orange and grapefruit, which leads to a mysterious finish. Best enjoyed in a smooth, refreshing cocktail or on its own with a generous wedge of fresh red grapefruit.
1 x 70cl Bottle
Country: Australia Region: McLaren Vale
Varietal: Grenache Vintage: 2022
Colour: Red Style: Dry
Producer: Thistledown
Early on in our Grenache journey, we were introduced to Sue Trott’s Home Block in the Blewitt Springs sub-region of McLaren Vale. It’s beautiful aspect, raised elevation and free-draining deep sandy soils are the perfect spot for dry-grown bush-vine Grenache and we were so lucky to be offered the opportunity to purchase a little fruit. Some years on and we have learned a little about the site and refined our picking decisions and Vinification to the extent that from 2017 we were content that we could do the site justice by bottling separately.
Winemaking Hand-picked, on the way up, we vinify naturally in concrete and place whole bunches alternately with de-stemmed fruit to create a layer cake. A very gentle, slow fermentation is followed by maturation in oak and concrete before a careful selection is done, which is then bottled un-fined and unfiltered 10 months later.
BEST GRENACHE IN AUSTRALIA (97 points) Halliday Wine Companion
96 points - Tyson Stelzer, Wine Business Magazine
96 Points - Huon Hooke, The Real Review
95+ Points - Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
95 Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
95 Points - Nick Stock, JamesSuckling.com
95 Points - Gourmet Traveller Wine
95 Points - Vinous
17pts - Jancis Robinson
24 Vinous Highlights of 2020 - Sarah Ahmed
Robert Parkers The Wine Advocate 97+ Points"Hooley dooley. Good. This 2021 Sands of Time Old Vine Single Vineyard Grenache shows Grenache in its best light; when the fruit is buoyant, succulent, airy and spicy, but also when it has been compressed and screwed down into place by gossamer fine tannins. This is tight yet expansive, classy yet exciting: a wine of amalgam's and complexity. So what does it taste like? First, raspberry leaf tea, red licorice, berry coulis... then blood, ferrous and iodine seep into the edges and drag with them licorice, pink peppercorn, hung deli meat and a whiff of