Vine Vale Grenache

Name: Vine Vale Grenache
Brand: Yalumba
SKU: YALVVG246-BT
Price: 32.00 AUD
Availability: InStock

Grenache 2024

$32

(RRP $40 ) 750mL Bottle

Handcrafted from our old vine Grenache block, Vine Vale Grenache is all about the subtlety of whole bunch fermentation. A wine with alluring fragrance, it is complex, savoury and fruit driven. Generous and bright through the palate with a crunch of acidity surrounding the juicy middle palate that Grenache aficionados will love.

Tasting Note Bright ruby purple in colour. The initial cedar and herbaceous aromatics open into inviting fragrances of pink grapefruit, red cherry and blueberry. The palate is plush, juicy and succulent. Red and blue fruits are entwined in delicious flavours with bright acidity and fine, powdery tannins.

Terroir This old vine Grenache was crafted from three blocks on our Tri-Centenary Vineyard, planted in 1929, 1949 and 1979, in the tiny Barossa Valley subregion of Vine Vale. The vineyard features deep sandy loam layers underlain with red-brown clay. These soils tend to be deep, holding an abundance of water that is essential for early season growth. With careful management these dry grown vines, in low organic matter soils, can consistently produce outstanding quality fruit.

Treatment The three blocks were wild fermented together with 30% whole bunch fruit, resulting in this outstanding expression of Vine Vale Grenache. The wine was then matured for 6 months in mature French oak puncheons.

Accolades

Savoury and great drinking

Yalumba do good things with grenache, that's for sure. This sandy soils of Vine Vale at the base of the Eastern Range are just perfect for the variety, too. They coax the high tones and detail out of the variety that I just love. Supple red cherry, dark plum and raspberry fruits cut with exotic spice, subtle bunchy nuance, cola, gingerbread, citrus blossom and earth. Savoury and great drinking with powdery tannin and tail of raspberry, red cherry and spice.

Dave Brookes

The palate is so vibrant and red-fruited

Consistently one of my favourite Australian Grenache, and each year I look forward to seeing what it reveals. In this case, the season was very good and it comes from old vines planted in 1929 and 1949. The colour is quite pale crimson, and the body more light than medium. But the aromas are just the start. Strawberry, rose petal, a little spice, raspberry, and a touch of dried herb. The palate is so vibrant and red-fruited, with a crunchy fine acidity sustaining that slightly fleshy, plush, velvety smooth mid-palate. I’m loving it.

Ray Jordan

Gold - Barossa Wine Show 2025

Gold - Class 17

Barossa Wine Show 2025

2025 James Halliday Grenache Challenge Winner

2024 Vine Vale Grenache won over more of the judges first preferences with its exceptional red fruited freshness, purity, balanced winemaking influence and the persistence of flavour that carried effortlessly across the palate. It’s a very wellcrafted and composed wine that speaks to both vineyard and sensitive winemaking.

TOBY BARLOW, CHAIR OF JUDGES, 2025 JAMES HALLIDAY GRENACHE CHALLENGE

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Vine Vale Grenache