Thistledown, Gorgeous Grenache Rosé, South Australia, 2024

Producer Profile

Masters of Wine, Giles Cooke & Fergal Tynan, founded Thistledown Wines in 2010 after discovering iconic vineyard sites in the McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley and Adelaide Hills.

They make hand-made, small batch wines that perfectly illustrate the benefits of great sites and intelligent, minimalist winemaking.

Viticulture

The product of one old vine bush trained vineyard in the Riverland.

Winemaking

Hand-picked and gently de-stemmed before crushing followed by 3.5 hours on skins to extract minimal colour. A cool fermentation followed which retained the aromatic, herbal notes and focused the crisp, textural palate. Maturation on lees for 6 months helped increased texture prior to bottling.

Oak Ageing

No oak ageing

Tasting Note

Deliciously crisp and fragrant with wild strawberry, violets and citrus on the nose. The palate is tangy and broad, yet focussed too.

Food Matching

Ideal as an aperitif or with freshly grilled fish.