2023 Thistledown ‘The Charming Man' Grenache Magnum
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Halliday Grenache & Blend of Year, Wine Companion 2025
'Among Australia's very greatest reds.'
Halliday Wine Companion
Gold – McLaren Vale wine Show 2024
Dry-grown bush vines fruit from the legendary Smart vineyard in Clarendon. Fermented wild with 20% whole bunches, matured in French hogsheads. This is early on this wine, with so much to unfurl, but the promise is striking. Sour cherry, pomegranate, cranberry, blood orange and a ferrous rockiness, white pepper, raspberry leaf tea and warm terracotta cast across a framework of finely lacy but expansive tannins. Ample air, over two days, sees this soar, though only time will unlock all its secrets. If a case still needs to be made for those that doubt McLaren Vale grenache is inimitable, thrilling and unquestionably world class, then here is Exhibit A.
Only 42 Magnums Produced.
Critic Reviews
98 Points - Panel Decision, Wine Companion
“The 2023 The Charming Man Single Vineyard Grenache is altogether moodier and darker than the Sands of Time tasted alongside it, but that is not making a comment on weight or density but rather on character. Here, we have blackberry and mulberry, raspberry pip and star anise, layers of coal dust, dirt and graphite, clove and even nutmeg/cinnamon. The tannins are über fine, chalky, grippy and gently chewy. It is a wonderful thing to experience the feel of the wine as much as the taste. Interacting with red wine in this way—and white as well—makes for thrilling drinking. It curls and winds its way through the long finish. It's super. A pleasure.”
Wine Details & Information
Vintage: 2023
Varietal / Style: Grenache
Producer: Thistledown
Country: Australia
Region: McLaren Vale
Bottle size (ml): 1500ml Magnum
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