Thistledown Sands of Time Grenache 6pk 2022 - Indent
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Thistledown is the vision of Master of Wine, Giles Cooke. Choosing to focus on the Grenache grape shows the belief he has in the variety. A certified member of Sustainable Winegrowing Australia, they have secured numerous rare old vines and unique vineyards for the future. Working with growers across McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley and Riverland, they craft elegant, fine, aromatic reds, many destined to showcase Grenache's charm as a single variety. Thistledown wines are made in small quantities in the Adelaide Hills.
Thistledown Sands of Time Grenache
The 2022 Sands of Time Old Vine Single Vineyard Grenache was one of the loveliest Grenaches that I tasted from McLaren Vale last year, and it again presents with a hedonistic display of sweet ripe fruit, supple blood orange inflections on the tannic structure and layer upon layer of flavor and texture. All of the components are enmeshed and present as one. The tannins are again my favorite part of this picture: sandy (Blewitt Springs), pluming, uber-fine and absolutely ever present. This is a big wine but so detailed.
Rating: 96+ Points
Source: Robert Parker Wine Advocate (Erin Larkin)
Thistledown Sands of Time Grenache 2022
This is pretty. Lifted and fresh and laden with sweet, succulent red fruits, tangerine zest, musk, kirsch, rosewater and lilac. Blewitt over the Charming Man from Clarendon. This is brighter, floral, earthier and sweeter; the Clarendon is tighter, more textural, airier and considerably more savoury. Clarendon wins, but it is not always the case. This is still a brilliant, flamboyant grenache, if not a little sweet across the diaphanous tannic seams. It is a treat to witness the rise of grenache, the flag bearer of the most exciting chapter of Australian wine to date.
Rating: 96 Points
Source: Ned Goodwin MW, Halliday Wine Companion
Thistledown Sands of Time Grenache 2022
Blewitt Springs. A single vineyard with vines 75 years old.
Exotic, so much perfume of flowering herbs, aniseed, chocolate, dark raspberry and cherry. Muscular style, purple and ripe red fruits, lots of spice, layers of graphite tannin grip, all blue and spicy on a very long and firm finish. Quite something.
Rating: 96 Points
Source: Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
Thistledown Sands of Time Grenache 2022
This is attractive. Lifted and fresh and laden with sweet, succulent red fruits, tangerine zest, musk, kirsch, rosewater and lilac. Blewitt over the Charming Man from Clarendon. This is brighter, floral, earthier and sweeter; the Clarendon is tighter, more textural, airier and considerably more savoury. Clarendon wins, but it is not always the case. This is still a brilliant, flamboyant grenache, if not a little sweet across the diaphanous tannic seams. It is a treat to witness the rise of grenache, the flag bearer of the most exciting chapter of Australian wine to date.
Rating: 96 Points
Source: JamesSuckling.com (Ned Goodwin MW)
Thistledown Sands of Time Grenache 2022
Deep-ish red-purple colour; spicy red fruits/raspberry aromas, dried blood/ferrous nuances too, the palate very savoury with ample tannins and good structure. A fruit-driven wine that will no doubt develop tertiary complexities with a little time. Really tasty grenache that shows 2022 is not to be overshadowed by '21.
Rating: 95 Points
Source: Huon Hooke, The Real Review
