2024 Inkwell Yellow Grillo
2024 Inkwell Yellow Grillo

2024 Inkwell Yellow Grillo

94 pts
Inkwell |McLaren Vale |Grillo
An energetic, textural white that brings a fresh, salty edge to McLaren Vale’s wine scene - easy drinking but thought-provoking all at once.
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$32.00
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Description

Grillo isn’t exactly the first grape you think of when it comes to McLaren Vale, but that’s the point. Dudley Brown and Dr. Irina Santiago-Brown ripped out a chunk of Shiraz to plant this Sicilian white, betting big on the idea that their coastal site could bring something different to the table. Judging by this inaugural release, it was a smart move.

Organically grown, with a bit of skin contact for texture, and aged in concrete egg-shaped tanks, this is a white wine with real personality. It’s all about salty tang, zesty citrus, and a chalky texture that keeps things tight and fresh. It’s unfined, unfiltered, and unapologetically raw, but it still feels polished and complete.

Perfect for long, lazy lunches or as a sharp reset between bites of seafood, it’s the kind of wine that feels like summer. One bottle won’t be enough.

94 points
"One of the most chuggable and yet interesting white wines of the year, for me... Fan-bloody-tastic."
- Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)

Mike Bennie

Mike Bennie

The Wine Front 94 Points

When I visited Inkwell in January of this year I was able to have a look at Grillo 2023 and 2024, and to a fault, as I was staying at the property, I found myself returning constantly to the wine(s). Fantastic stuff. Raised in ceramic eggs that look like spaceships and from fruit grown to a very, very high standard of regenerative farming. There is some extended skin contact also applied.

One of the most chuggable and yet interesting white wines of the year, for me. It has skinsy pucker and suede texture yet manages a crystalline juiciness at the same time. Lemon on green apple, cucumber in mineral water, saline minerality, lots of that, a little just-ripe green pear and a touch of herbaceousness, barely there but enough to slot the word complexity into the notes here. Fan-bloody-tastic.

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    Not a tasting expert, however a very nice wine. Full of flavour. would definitely buy again

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Grillo (GREE-low) is a white grape variety of Sicilian origin. While it is the principal grape used to make the famous fortified wine Marsala, as a still white wine many consider it a Pinot Grigio for the grown-ups. Ideally suited to our warming and drying vineyard with a south aspect, this is second estate release of this zingy and slightly textural wine and, as we thought, it’s better than the first release. As with most of our whites, the Grillo sees some time on skins to deepen the color and broaden the flavours for your enjoyment. This time, our Grillo was aged in a concrete egg-shaped tanks. Unfiltered, unfined.

Well, grillo seems apt for McLaren Vale, and here grown organically at Inkwell for this purpose. More the power to those who make seaside whites in a seaside wine region. I mean, shiraz and King George whiting might work for some, for the fetishists, but texture, salty whites, well… at Inkwell they removed 1.5 hectares of shiraz to plant this. It sees some skin contact during fermentation too, which is ideal really.

A textural salty white indeed. Has this beautiful, high tone. Alto voices flapping around with salt bush, dried seaweed, rock salt while drinking pitchers of real lemonade and green apple juice. It’s so frisky, so mouth-watering and palate resetting, you can feel the chisels of crystalline salinity invading every nook and cranny of the palate. Then, lightly chalky texture in a shroud across the palate and a zestiness to finish. It does complexity too? Impossible. No. Brilliant. This is one for a dozen purchase and busting out all summer.

Price Bracket $31 to $40
Type Amber
Body Full Bodied
Variety Grillo
Country Australia
Region McLaren Vale
Australian State SA
Reviewed By The Wine Front
Halliday Wine Companion
Critic Score 94
Alcohol 12.5%
Size 750ml
Vintage 2024
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