Willunga 100 Trott Grenache 2024

The 2024 Trott Vineyard Grenache Blewitt Springs leads with a typical high-toned nose with rose petals and cracked pistachio, red apple skins, raspberry leaf tea, timut pepper (that is to say, delicate, spicy, citrus) and shaved fennel. The palate is lent an additional sense of capaciousness from the 10% whole-bunch (a departure from the other two single-vineyard Grenache wines, which are whole berry) component. While this is spicy and mineral, it is supple, silky and full of flavor. These are wines of great balance and freshness, detail and finesse. This is excellent and a total pleasure. This vineyard is usually harvested first of the single-vineyard wines, and this is down to it ripening earlier or at least achieving the desired flavor ripeness sooner. This has a pH of 3.33, 6.37 total acidity and 14% alcohol, sealed under screw cap. Drink 2026-2036. 97 points. - Erin Larkin, Wine Advocate. 

From Sue Trott’s acclaimed Blewitt Springs vineyard, a Vale Cru, perhaps, alongside the Smart vineyard. Bush vines, planted in '52 to Maslin Sands over clay and ironstone; about 10% whole bunch; 11 days on skins, élevage in tank (85%) and an older puncheon. The Trott vineyard can often look a little darker in fruit profile, here more into deeper red fruits like blood-red cherries and ripe raspberries. It’s completely refined and transparent with it though, with dark red rose notes, pomegranate, barberry, tamarind, North African spices and musk layering in considerable complexity. This is the most textural and supple of the trio of single-site offerings, but it also has the architecture to age. Just wonderful and, for the quality, obscenely good value. 97 points. - Marcus Ellis, Wine Companion.