2025 Limestone Grenache

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95POINTS THE WINE ADVOCATE — Erin Larkin “This is lacy, pretty, pliable and fresh. It’s a beautiful wine.” DRINK 2026–2035 .rd { font-family: 'Jost', sans-serif; font-weight: 300; color: #3D3830; line-height: 1.7; max-width: 100%; } .rd * { box-sizing: border-box; } .rd-lead { font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', Georgia, serif; font-size: 1.15rem; font-weight: 300; font-style: italic; color: #2C3E2D; line-height: 1.6; border-left: 3px solid #C4973A; padding-left: 1.25rem; margin-bottom: 1.5rem; } .rd-body { font-size: 0.9rem; color: #7A7368; line-height: 1.85; margin-bottom: 1.75rem; } .rd-body p { margin: 0 0 0.85rem; } .rd-body strong { color: #3D3830; font-weight: 500; } .rd-notes { display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr); gap: 0.75rem; margin-bottom: 1.75rem; } .rd-note { background: #F5F0E8; border-radius: 2px; padding: 1rem; text-align: center; } .rd-note-icon { font-size: 1.4rem; margin-bottom: 0.35rem; display: block; } .rd-note-label { font-size: 0.65rem; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 0.15em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #C4973A; display: block; margin-bottom: 0.2rem; } .rd-note-value { font-size: 0.8rem; color: #3D3830; font-weight: 400; } .rd-specs { display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: 0.5rem; margin-bottom: 1.75rem; } .rd-spec { display: flex; align-items: baseline; gap: 0.5rem; padding: 0.6rem 0; border-bottom: 0.5px solid rgba(196,151,58,0.2); font-size: 0.8rem; } .rd-spec-key { font-weight: 500; color: #3D3830; min-width: 80px; flex-shrink: 0; font-size: 0.72rem; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.08em; } .rd-spec-val { color: #7A7368; } .rd-vineyard { background: #2C3E2D; border-radius: 2px; padding: 1.5rem 1.75rem; margin-bottom: 1.75rem; } .rd-vineyard-label { font-size: 0.6rem; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 0.2em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #C4973A; margin-bottom: 0.6rem; display: block; } .rd-vineyard-text { font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', Georgia, serif; font-size: 1rem; font-style: italic; font-weight: 300; color: rgba(250,248,244,0.85); line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 0.6rem; } .rd-vineyard-detail { font-size: 0.78rem; color: rgba(250,248,244,0.5); line-height: 1.65; } .rd-vineyard-detail strong { color: rgba(250,248,244,0.8); font-weight: 500; } .rd-pairing-title { font-size: 0.65rem; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 0.2em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #C4973A; margin-bottom: 0.75rem; } .rd-pairings { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 0.5rem; margin-bottom: 1.75rem; } .rd-pairing-pill { background: #F5F0E8; border: 0.5px solid rgba(196,151,58,0.25); border-radius: 99px; padding: 0.35rem 0.9rem; font-size: 0.78rem; color: #3D3830; font-weight: 400; display: inline-block; } .rd-winemaker { background: #F5F0E8; border-radius: 2px; padding: 1.5rem 1.75rem; margin-bottom: 1.75rem; } .rd-winemaker-label { font-size: 0.6rem; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 0.2em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #C4973A; margin-bottom: 0.6rem; display: block; } .rd-winemaker-text { font-family: 'Cormorant Garamond', Georgia, serif; font-size: 1rem; font-style: italic; font-weight: 300; color: #2C3E2D; line-height: 1.65; margin-bottom: 0.6rem; } .rd-winemaker-name { font-size: 0.7rem; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 0.12em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #7A7368; } .rd-regolith { background: #FAF8F4; border-left: 3px solid rgba(196,151,58,0.35); padding: 1.1rem 1.25rem; border-radius: 0 2px 2px 0; margin-bottom: 1.75rem; } .rd-regolith-label { font-size: 0.6rem; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: 0.18em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #C4973A; margin-bottom: 0.35rem; display: block; } .rd-regolith-text { font-size: 0.82rem; color: #7A7368; line-height: 1.7; } .rd-series { text-align: center; padding: 1.25rem; border: 0.5px solid rgba(196,151,58,0.2); border-radius: 2px; } .rd-series p { font-size: 0.82rem; color: #7A7368; margin: 0; } @media (max-width: 480px) { .rd-notes { grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; } .rd-specs { grid-template-columns: 1fr; } } From one of the highest single vineyard sites in Watervale — where the altitude, the aspect, and the ancient limestone beneath the soil conspire to produce something remarkably delicate. 🌸NoseRed cherry, rose petal & floral lift 🍓PalateBright red fruit, chalky texture & freshness 🪨FinishChalky limestone tannin — pure and precise Bryksy Hill is a site that earns its reputation through position. One of the highest single vineyard sites in Watervale, the vineyard runs east to west — a rare orientation that provides critical protection from the afternoon sun in difficult, hot vintages. Where other vineyards can struggle, Bryksy Hill holds its composure. The ancient Terra Rossa over limestone gives the fruit a brightness and freshness that altitude and aspect do best — and it is the chalky limestone beneath that leaves its most distinctive mark in the glass. A tannin structure unlike anything from lower-lying sites: fine, white-chalk texture that makes the wine feel light on its feet despite the Grenache warmth underneath. This is the most immediately expressive of the three Regolith wines — a Grenache of genuine elegance that invites you in with its floral perfume and rewards you with texture and detail. Drink it now over the next five years, or give it time and watch it become something truly special. The vineyard — Bryksy Hill, Watervale"Bryksy Hill has an energy that you feel before you even taste the wine. The elevation, the aspect, the way the light hits in the afternoon — it's a site that protects its fruit and expresses the limestone in a way that's completely its own." Location: Bryksy Hill, Watervale · Aspect: East-west orientation · Elevation: One of the highest single vineyard sites in Watervale · Soil: Terra Rossa over limestone regolith VarietyGrenache Vintage2025 VineyardBryksy Hill, Watervale ElevationHighest site in Watervale SoilTerra Rossa over limestone AspectEast-west orientation WinemakerAndrew Kenny OakMinimal — fruit driven Bottle750ml single bottle CellaringDrinks now — 5+ years Perfect with 🐑 Rack of lamb🍗 Roast chicken with herbs🧀 Brie & soft cheese🫒 Mediterranean dishes🥗 Warm grain salads Notes from Jason"Limestone gives Grenache a lift and a brightness you don't get anywhere else. The chalky tannin is the signature — it's what makes this wine feel so precise, so clean, so different from the other two. Bryksy Hill is a remarkable site and I think this wine shows exactly why." Jason Cane · Owner, Crabtree Wines About the Regolith SeriesThe Regolith Series explores how Grenache expresses three completely different ancient soils across Clare Valley. The variety, the winemaker and the vintage are the same across all three wines — only the earth changes. This is the Limestone expression. Also available: Ironstone (Glen Kelly, Springfarm Road — oldest Grenache vines in Clare Valley, planted 1932) and Quartzite (Crabtree Estate). Also available as a 6-pack. Part of the Crabtree Regolith Series — three Grenaches, three ancient soils, one extraordinary Clare Valley story. Show more