Critic tasting note: (2011 vintage) “A graceful wine, delicate and precise and with no sense that it is under-ripe or lacking, despite it being the coldest and wettest vintage in recorded history. It is a different melody of grenache, however, with almost nebbiolo-like aromas of tea leaf, sandalwood, peony, mulch, Japanese radish and bitter, pithy cherry amaro. The oak stands out a bit more than usual due to the lighter density. A bit pokey across the finish, to be churlish. But a contemplative, delicious wine all the same. Drink now. Screw cap.” –James Suckling

Producer:Cirillo Estate
Name:1850 Ancestor Vine
Variety:Grenache
Region:Barossa Valley
Vintage:2011
Size: 750mL
Closure: Screw cap
Drinking Window: 2022-2032