2023 Head Red Grenache 6 Pack

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Ken Gargett - Winepilot

The fruit here comes from four old vineyards across the Barossa. The wine is designed for immediate gratification. The vineyards, across Bethany, Krondorf and two in the sub-region of Ebenezer, were planted between 1942 and 1970. A dollop of whole bunches was included and there is also 3% Mataro forming part of the blend. Alex suggests a brief chill for full enjoyment. 700 cases. A little comparable to what one imagines drinking a glass of silk would be like. We have notes of kirsch, raspberries, mulberries and cherries, with dried herbs and bright acidity. Persistent style, fresh and youthful, with appealing balance. A Grenache of finesse and a pleasure to drink now, but I would not hesitate to put some away for the rest of the decade, if one felt inclined.

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Dave Brookes - Halliday Wine Companion

Look at you – all perfumed and come-hither in the glass! What a great little wine for the price. A blend of 97/3% grenache/mataro sourced across a number of parishes – Bethany, Krondorf, Ebenezer and Nuriootpa – with a slinky 5% whole bunch. Red and dark cherry and plums dusted with gingery spice, dried raspberries, medina spice, blossom, mulberry and earth. Ditto on the palate, which is pure with a slight savoury lean. Fine pumice-stone tannins and a plume of spice and red fruit as it fades.

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Gary Walsh - The Wine Front

Here we have a blend of three sub-regions – Bethany (1970), Ebenezer (1950), Krondorf (1942), plus 3% Mataro from 1968 plantings. Heady says on the tech sheet that this could take a light chill and ‘ice cubes allowed but, … don’t tell me.’ Well, there you go. I so often put a cube of ice in my red wines, from Pelaverga to Grenache. I love it. I think it expands the wine in a way, and aids drinkability. Anyone who tells you ‘No ice in red wine’, doesn’t really understand wine. There. I said it aloud. This is nutty, spicy, offers red fruits and cherry, red liquorice, aniseed, and quite some orange peel/amaro tang. It’s kind of mulchy and autumnal, a bit dusty in tannin, and a little sappy, and certainly has something of a Barolo chinato quality about it, which I like, and this sort of quinine bite on a finish of solid length. It’s a quirky expression of Grenache, for sure, but I like it. It’s kind of Italianate. Comes with the caveat that some will find it strange, though for me, very interesting and good to drink. And, yes, I did add a cube of ice later, and it improved the wine.