Barr Eden Estate Love Over Gold Grenache 2021
“The 2021 is beautiful, ethereal and instantly engaging as the initial burst of cherry flesh and woody tones build into spices, all while keeping admirable focus. Drying and tightly bound, this is not a big Grenache by anyone’s standard, but genuine integrity, energy and detail emerge as it sits in the glass. Perhaps its most impressive element is the finish – a lithe, lightweight boxer that holds its gaze for what seems like an eternity. Seriously good.” - Vinous
“The 2021 is beautiful, ethereal and instantly engaging as the initial burst of cherry flesh and woody tones build into spices, all while keeping admirable focus. Drying and tightly bound, this is not a big Grenache by anyone’s standard, but genuine integrity, energy and detail emerge as it sits in the glass. Perhaps its most impressive element is the finish – a lithe, lightweight boxer that holds its gaze for what seems like an eternity. Seriously good.” - Vinous
“The 2021 is beautiful, ethereal and instantly engaging as the initial burst of cherry flesh and woody tones build into spices, all while keeping admirable focus. Drying and tightly bound, this is not a big Grenache by anyone’s standard, but genuine integrity, energy and detail emerge as it sits in the glass. Perhaps its most impressive element is the finish – a lithe, lightweight boxer that holds its gaze for what seems like an eternity. Seriously good.” - Vinous
About Barr Eden Estate
Barr Eden Estate annually releases a series of wines branded “Love Over Gold”. The name Love Over Gold comes from this spectacular property where the vineyards have been lovingly planted over historic goldfields in Eden Valley. In March 2014 Joel Mattschoss, a renowned Barossa grape grower was fortunate enough to source a few tons of premium fruit from this long-established Eden Valley property. Through a common passion of great terroirs and premium wines, Joel showed the grapes to Pierre-Henri Morel, newly arrived in South Australia from the northern Rhône where he had been Michel Chapoutier’s right-hand man. Pierre-Henri thought the fruit profile was reminiscent of the most uplifted and complex fruit within his home region. Together, they agreed to crush and to ferment the 2014 fruit separately after a meticulous hand picking and hand destemming process. In October 2018, 1,700 days after the first berries were picked, the first wine was released from Barr Eden Estate, thus creating a new chapter for this age-worthy vineyard.
Production Note
The “Love Over Grenache” is made from a few rows of their highest block in altitude and one of the highest Grenache in South Australia (545 m). Planted in 1997, this bush vine Grenache ripe slowly and has been hand-picked. The 463kg harvest was destemmed and tipped into a one tonne fermenter. Gentle pump over and slow extraction until full dryness. Only the free runs were put into a 3 year old French oak barrel.
25 dozen made
