Old Cooperage Grenache 2020
Tasting Notes

Lifted aromas of cherry, raspberry, and liquorice are accompanied by spicy red berry fruits on the palate. Medium bodied on the pallet, the finish is long with fine-grained tannins. 250 dozen produced.

  

 

Winemaking

Heritage
The Old Cooperage celebrates the historic relationship between Château Tanunda and A.P. Johns Coopers. Since establishing the Château Tanunda Cooperage in 1889, four generations of the John family have worked in coopering in the Barossa and still provide barrels to our winery.

Vineyard
For this limited release wine, we selected two hand-picked parcels of Grenache from Bethany for the 2020 Old Cooperage Grenache.

Winemaking
The wine is handcrafted in small open fermenters with 30% whole bunch fermentation. It is then basket pressed before 16 months maturation in seasoned French oak hogsheads.

Reviews
93 Points
Review by: Stuart Knox, Huon Hooke's The Real Review
Medium garnet-red core with a touch of brick fade to the rim. Dark berries and smoked-meat aromas. Good weight of fruit on palate-entry, showing complex fruit and smoky-meat characters. Fine-grained tannins frame it well. A lovely savoury richness here that will be perfect with food. Recommended drinking: 2021-2030

 

Tasting Notes

Lifted aromas of cherry, raspberry, and liquorice are accompanied by spicy red berry fruits on the palate. Medium bodied on the pallet, the finish is long with fine-grained tannins. 250 dozen produced.

  

 

Winemaking

Heritage
The Old Cooperage celebrates the historic relationship between Château Tanunda and A.P. Johns Coopers. Since establishing the Château Tanunda Cooperage in 1889, four generations of the John family have worked in coopering in the Barossa and still provide barrels to our winery.

Vineyard
For this limited release wine, we selected two hand-picked parcels of Grenache from Bethany for the 2020 Old Cooperage Grenache.

Winemaking
The wine is handcrafted in small open fermenters with 30% whole bunch fermentation. It is then basket pressed before 16 months maturation in seasoned French oak hogsheads.

Reviews
93 Points
Review by: Stuart Knox, Huon Hooke's The Real Review
Medium garnet-red core with a touch of brick fade to the rim. Dark berries and smoked-meat aromas. Good weight of fruit on palate-entry, showing complex fruit and smoky-meat characters. Fine-grained tannins frame it well. A lovely savoury richness here that will be perfect with food. Recommended drinking: 2021-2030

 

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