{"product_id":"2025-aphelion-hickinbotham-vineyard-grenache","title":"2025 Aphelion Hickinbotham Vineyard Grenache","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the highest and coolest of Rob Mack's single-vineyard Grenaches, coming from the iconic Hickinbotham Vineyard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe south-facing slope here keeps the hot afternoon sun off the vines, so this is usually the last Grenache Aphelion picks. That long hang time builds plenty of flavour while keeping the freshness and drive that set it apart from the riper, darker Grenache you often see in the Vale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fruit was all hand-picked, fermented with 100% whole bunches, slow and cool, then left on full lees in large, neutral French oak until bottling in February 2026. There's no heavy oak and no tricks. You get lifted cranberry, bramble and cherry on the nose, then rosehip, just-ripe strawberry and blood orange with lots of herbal, briary character. It's medium-bodied, with crisp acid and a rasp of savoury tannin that carries it long.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a structural Grenache that will certainly age, but if you're opening it now, give it a good decant. A serious, sensational Grenache.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e96 points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Immediately savoury, straight up on the nose, then decidedly so through the palate, with grippy, pithy, pleasingly rugged natural tannins guiding.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Marcus Ellis (Halliday Wine Companion)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e96 points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This tastes like a wine from a cool site. It's as much about structure as anything, though in flavours terms it's not lacking... It's quite exquisite, really.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Campbell Mattinson (The Wine Front)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Aphelion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67825745362987,"sku":"2025 Aphelion Hickinbotham Vineyard Grenache","price":75.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2572\/9722\/files\/2025AphelionHickinbothamVineyardGrenache.png?v=1792019861","url":"https:\/\/www.differentdrop.com\/products\/2025-aphelion-hickinbotham-vineyard-grenache","provider":"Different Drop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}