{"title":"Tasting Tasmania Macquarie Wine Event","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"aphelion-hickinbotham-grenache-2024","title":"Aphelion Hickinbotham Grenache Noir 2024","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e97 Points - Marcus Ellis | 96 Points - Campbell Mattinson\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe family-owned Aphelion winery has established itself as one of the star wine producers of South Australia's McLaren Vale region. With a sharp focus on Grenache, the Aphelion Hickinbotham Grenache is part of their \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003epremium SV Grenache range, which continues to draw some rave reviews. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe highest altitude wine in the Aphelion range, the grapes for the 2024 Aphelion Hickinbotham Grenache Noir are sourced from a single vineyard in the Clarendon area of McLaren Vale. This features wonderful vibrancy and crisp acid drive, red fruits mingle with herbal briar characters to create a wine of freshness and depth. Herbal characters abound on the palate, with rosehip, ripe strawberry and blood orange flavours, with a touch of light tannin on the supremely long and savoury finish. An epic McLaren Vale Grenache with superb energy and vitality, our very limited stocks will go quickly. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\"97 Points. There were three Aphelion single-block micro-bottlings from the Hickinbotham vineyard, Clarendon, in '24. This is not an assemblage of those, rather a 100% whole bunch ferment (the block wines were destemmed) of 111–112 blocks as one. This is my pick of the three - gloriously fragrant and complex, invested with depth and absent of heft. A swirl of red florals, souk spices, sandalwood, cranberry, sour cherry and umeboshi. The whole bunch adds savouriness, detail, lift and finely etched tannin, but knits in so quietly, with effortless integration. It’s a wine that makes me want to linger over the nose, so captivating is the fragrance. But it’s equally good on the palate, trailing long, the flavour fanning out expansively. Superb. $90. 14.1% alc. Drink: 2025 - 2036. Diam\"- Marcus Ellis, Halliday Wine Companion. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"96 Points. From the highest patch of the Hickinbotham vineyard in Clarendon. I lost an hour or so today because I was sitting and marvelling at this wine and wondering how the hell I could do it justice in words. Some wines are better than the person writing about them. This wine pulls out the spice box and throws it at you, the fortunate thing being that the box wasn’t full and so what hits you seems reasonable. There are red licorice notes, red and black cherry, sandalwood, potpourri, an assortment of dry, roasted spices, a musky-vanillin-strawberry-shake note, and a peppercorn aspect. The way the flavours here volley through the palate, and the way it feels dry in the face of its own ripeness, and the way it then pulls a film of firm tannin right back through the wine - is all both magnificent and elite. \u003cspan\u003eTasted: Sep25 14.1% alc. $90 Cork Drink: 2026 - 2034+\"- Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aphelion","offers":[{"title":"1 Bottle","offer_id":52892919562400,"sku":"$69.90","price":69.9,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0414\/3464\/4640\/files\/Aphelion_Hickinbotham_Grenache_2024_97_Points.png?v=1759885720"},{"product_id":"aphelion-confluence-grenache","title":"Aphelion The Confluence Grenache 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe family-owned Aphelion winery has established itself as one of the star wine producers of South Australia's McLaren Vale region. With a sharp focus on Grenache, Aphelion produce an impressive array of examples across several ranges. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 2024 Aphelion The Confluence Grenache is produced from Grenache grown in the Blewitt Springs sub region of McLaren Vale. Made to be an approachable, complex and food friendly red, this opens with lovely aromatics of raspberry, red liquorice and cinnamon spice. The palate delivers impressive fruit concentration with loads of strawberry, plum and raspberry flavours, supported by fine tannin and impeccable balance. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\"94 Points. 70\/ 30% Clarendon and Blewitt Springs; 40% whole bunch in steel and concrete; élevage in cocciopesto, concrete egg and seasoned French 2800L foudre and demi-muid. A warmer year than the few prior, but not by a lot. Sour cherry, pomegranate, rhubarb, amaro herbs, Campari, dried orange and rosehip tea, with a sinewy savouriness running through it. Medium weighted and equipped with fine, sandy tannin and crisp but not brisk acidity. It’s a fine release. $42. 13.8% alc. Drink: 2025 - 2032. 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Opening with vibrant aromas of tropical fruit, crisp apple, and nashi pear along with some ripe stone fruit. Clean and pure on the palate with bountiful fruit and floral characters. Flavour length is provided by crisp acidity and a light textural element following some time spent resting on lees. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\"Again, from a single vineyard in Kuitpo, this saw two picks (one for freshness and the other for riper flavours and weight); fermented separately in steel. Nashi and yellow grapefruit, lemon balm and soft herbs, a little butter lettuce and snow pea tendril. That earlier pick leads the nose in a fragrant and zesty direction, the palate benefitting from a little more presence from that second pick, the overall impression one of satisfying refreshment and balanced intensity. 92 Points. $28. 12.8% alc. Drink: 2025 - 2029. 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On the palate a textural edge provides a food friendly aspect, and cinnamon and nutmeg spice complement the nashi pear and stone fruit flavours. A wine with plenty of personality and interest, this is drinking beautifully now and should continue to do so over the next 6 - 8 years. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aphelion","offers":[{"title":"6 Bottles","offer_id":56946185273504,"sku":"$34.90","price":209.4,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12 Bottles","offer_id":56946185306272,"sku":"$34.90","price":418.8,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0414\/3464\/4640\/files\/AphelionCallowGrenacheBlanc.png?v=1776829378"}],"url":"https:\/\/auscellardoor.com.au\/collections\/macquarie-wine-event.oembed","provider":"AusCellardoor","version":"1.0","type":"link"}