Bright fruits of strawberry and raspberry, hints of blood orange rind. Subtle notes of liquorice and cinnamon combine to give this wine beautifully lifted and intense aromatics.

Palate: Medium bodied and elegant with a delicate palate of wild strawberry and pomegranate. Well balanced with a long, fruit finish. Underlying savoury flavours of white pepper and spice.

The Grenache vines of the Barossa Valley are some of the oldest in the world - having survived the vine pull scheme of the 1980s, as well as life almost permanently on the wrong side of fashion trends in wine! However, this versatile grape variety has endured to be the most widely planted in the world; partly because it’s used in everything from rosé to fortified, but also because it’s a key component (often anonymously), in some of the world’s greatest wines.

Fruit for The Resilient was sourced from three vineyards located throughout the mid to northern Barossa Valley - the John family vineyard in Lights Pass, the Hampel site vineyard in Ebenezer and the Resurrection Vineyard, also in Ebenezer.

The decision to keep oak influence to a minimum was to accentuate the inherent fruit notes and create a style of Grenache that is bright, fresh and structured.

"A bold, red-plum and raspberry-fruited nose with some herbal accents, earthy terracotta and some more savoury coal-dust notes, too. The palate has a core of spiced red plums and some tangier raspberry notes. Long, supple and smooth tannins. Drink or hold. Screw cap."
92 points.
(James Suckling, June 2020)