Winery Hentley FarmThe Old Legend Grenache
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the The Old Legend Grenache of Winery Hentley Farm in the region of Australie du Sud often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with The Old Legend Grenache
Pairings that work perfectly with The Old Legend Grenache
Original food and wine pairings with The Old Legend Grenache
The The Old Legend Grenache of Winery Hentley Farm matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of empanadas de carne (argentina) or cucumber skin julienne.
Details and technical informations about Winery Hentley Farm's The Old Legend Grenache.
Discover the grape variety: Ganson
Light, simple fruity reds with a pale, lightly coloured ruby robe, soft tannins and an airy palate with moderate acidity, with understated aromas of red fruits. Discreet rustic profile. Almost extinct, preserved in INRAE variety collections; bears witness to the pre-phylloxera ampelographic diversity of the South-West and is studied as a heritage variety. Rare French black variety, once grown in the South-West.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of The Old Legend Grenache from Winery Hentley Farm are 2016, 2015, 2018, 0 and 2017.
Informations about the Winery Hentley Farm
The Winery Hentley Farm is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 55 wines for sale in the of Barossa Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Barossa Valley
World icon of Australian Shiraz: powerful, silky, sun-drenched king red with notes of jammy blackberry, plum, dark chocolate, liquorice and a touch of sweet spice, enveloping tannins — Penfolds Grange and Henschke Hill of Grace as mythical bottles. Fleshy, spicy old-vine Grenache (up to 180 years), dense Mourvèdre, structured Cabernet as complement. GI northeast of Adelaide (~11,600 ha), hot dry climate, pre-phylloxera vines founded by Silesians in the 19th c.
The wine region of Australie du Sud
Cradle of the great Australian Shiraz: powerful, sun-drenched reds with notes of blackberry, candied plum, pepper, chocolate and eucalyptus, ample tannins and vibrant fruit (Barossa, McLaren Vale). Firm, minty Cabernet Sauvignon on Coonawarra (terra rossa). Dry, lemony Riesling from Clare and Eden Valley, straight and taut. Fresh Sauvignon and Chardonnay from Adelaide Hills.
The word of the wine: Leaf removal
Operation that consists in removing the leaves that form a screen between the sun and the grape.
