2024 Willunga 100 Trott Vineyard Grenache

97 pts Trophy!HALLIDAY TOP 100
From 70-year-old bush vines in Blewitt Springs, this is a bright, red-fruited and spicy Grenache with beautiful floral lift and silky texture.
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Sue Trott’s dry-grown bush vines, planted in 1952 on the sandy rises of Blewitt Springs, remain some of the most revered Grenache in McLaren Vale. Perched at 210 metres on deep Maslin Sands, the site naturally gives wines of perfume, finesse and length - qualities that have made this vineyard a cornerstone of the Willunga 100 story.

The 2024 season played out gently: a cool start slowed ripening and preserved freshness, while the warmth of January and February filled out the fruit without excess. The resulting wine hums with brightness and detail. Expect lifted aromatics of violets, lavender and wild herbs, layered over red cherry and cranberry fruit. A subtle whole-bunch component adds a whisper of spice and savoury depth, while fine, sandy tannins glide into a long, graceful finish.

Made with a light touch - open fermentation, basket pressing, and mostly stainless-steel maturation – this wine captures the essence of the Trott site without adornment. Already recognised with the George Mackey Memorial Trophy for Best Grenache at the 2025 Sydney Royal Wine Show, this release underlines why Trott Vineyard is a benchmark for Australian Grenache. Elegant, expressive and deeply rooted in place.

"Just wonderful and, for the quality, obscenely good value."
- Marcus Ellis (Halliday Wine Companion)

Sydney Royal Wine Show

Sydney Royal Wine Show

2025 Wine Show

The George Mackey Memorial Perpetual Trophy for Best Grenache

 Marcus Ellis

Marcus Ellis

Halliday Wine Companion 97 Points

From Sue Trott’s acclaimed Blewitt Springs vineyard, a Vale Cru, perhaps, alongside the Smart vineyard. Bush vines, planted in '52 to Maslin Sands over clay and ironstone; about 10% whole bunch; 11 days on skins, élevage in tank (85%) and an older puncheon. The Trott vineyard can often look a little darker in fruit profile, here more into deeper red fruits like blood-red cherries and ripe raspberries. It’s completely refined and transparent with it though, with dark red rose notes, pomegranate, barberry, tamarind, North African spices and musk layering in considerable complexity. This is the most textural and supple of the trio of single-site offerings, but it also has the architecture to age. Just wonderful and, for the quality, obscenely good value.

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    Brian H.
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    3 weeks ago
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Excellent modern-style Grenache

    Very well made wine, but trying too hard to be a Pinot Noir, not really my style of Grenache.

The 2024 vintage had early season cooler conditions that allowed the fruit to mature relatively slowly through the early season.
This was a good platform to enable the fruit to maintain its’ brightness during the heat of January and February resulting in good fruit expression and tannin structure.

Trott Vineyard - 88% Stainless steel, 12% from an aged Puncheon

Price Bracket $51 to $100
Type Red
Body Medium Bodied
Variety Grenache
Country Australia
Region McLaren Vale
Australian State SA
Feature High Score
Vegan
Women in Wine
Reviewed By Halliday Wine Companion
Critic Score 97
Alcohol 14%
Size 750ml
Vintage 2024
Closure Screw Cap

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