Grosset Wines Gaia Clare Valley 2001

Red
Clare Valley, Australia
7.2
WineSaint

Dark plum and blackberry concentrate meets dried sage and clove in waves of intensity. The fruit teeters on the brink of raisined sweetness, yet firm tannins and cedar-laced oak provide crucial structure. Everything is turned up to eleven, but somehow the center holds.

plumblackberrydried sagecedar
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Grosset Wines

Grosset is Clare Valley's benchmark dry Riesling producer, with Polish Hill and Springvale among Australia's most age-worthy whites. Jeffrey Grosset founded the winery in 1981 and remains its winemaker.