Willunga Trott Vineyard Grenache

Willunga Trott Vineyard Grenache from Blewitt Springs

The wine has a bright lifted nose of redcurrant and violets. This profile continues onto the palate where the red berry fruit is
complemented by warm cinnamon spice, orange zest and cranberry. The wine finishes with bright, juicy acidity and lingering
fine grained tannins.

PRODUCER
Willunga 100 has focused on old-vine Grenache in McLaren Vale since its first vintage in 2005. They made their first single-vineyard wine in 2009 and have since helped pioneer a fresher, more lifted style that highlights the sensitivity of Grenache to site in the Blewitt Springs and Clarendon sub-regions.
 Willunga 100 has sourced fruit since 2013 from two of the most fabled vineyards in McLaren Vale,
Sue Trott’s 70-year-old site in Blewitt Springs and the other from Bernard and Wayne Smart’s century-old, one hectare vineyard in
Clarendon. In 2019, Willunga 100 purchased the 19-hectare Blind Spot vineyard in Blewitt Springs. The focus on single sites has
brought critical success to Willunga 100. The 2021 ‘Smart’ won the Grenache trophy at Australia’s National Wine Show in 2023. This is
the second time a Willunga Grenache has been honoured with a trophy at the show, as in 2017, the 2015 ‘Trott’ won Best Alternative
Variety. National Wine Show success continued in 2024, with Willunga 100 winning two of the three gold medals awarded in the
Grenache class for the 2022 McLaren Vale Grenache and 2022 ‘Trott’.
VINEYARDS
The dry-grown Grenache bush vines used for this wine were sourced solely from the top 12 rows of Sue Trott’s vineyard in
Blewitt Springs, which was planted in 1952. This is the highest part of the vineyard, sitting at an elevation of 210 metres and facing
east. It benefits from cool breezes coming off the Gulf of St. Vincent. These breezes not only protect the fruit from diseases
and help enhance the aromatic character of the wine but they also ensure that the temperature is slightly cooler than it is lower
down in the McLaren Vale. The soil is deep Maslin sand over a clay and ironstone base.

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The soils in McLaren Vale are among the oldest in the world, estimated at over 500 million years. The resulting low vigour and old vines combine to produce low yields in the vineyard and stunning, concentrated fruit.

The name is taken from the historic ‘Hundred’ (administrative area of 100 square miles) of Willunga that was established in 1839 – only three years after the settlement of South Australia – and today marks the land from which much of our fruit is sourced. The tree featured on our bottle label is an old River Red Gum, which stands tall over the vineyards and was already over one hundred years of age when the first vines were planted in McLaren Vale in the 1840s.

Before the first vintage in 2005, the team explored the McLaren Vale vineyards and came across plots of 50-year-old Grenache vines. At this time, most of the wine produced from this fruit was destined for blending as there was little demand for top quality Grenache. We decided this had to change, so they made these vines their focus and gave them the attention they deserved. They haven’t looked back since.

Willunga Trott Vineyard Grenache. – A great example of Aussie red wine from a winery which is passionate about Grenache.