Winery Thistledown - Sands of Time Old Vine Single Vineyard Grenache

Winery ThistledownSands of Time Old Vine Single Vineyard Grenache

3.9
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Sands of Time Old Vine Single Vineyard Grenache of Winery Thistledown is a red wine from the region of McLaren Vale of Australie du Sud.
This wine generally goes well with beef and mature and hard cheese.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Sands of Time Old Vine Single Vineyard Grenache of Winery Thistledown in the region of Australie du Sud often reveals types of flavors of spices, red fruit.

Food and wine pairings with Sands of Time Old Vine Single Vineyard Grenache

Pairings that work perfectly with Sands of Time Old Vine Single Vineyard Grenache

Original food and wine pairings with Sands of Time Old Vine Single Vineyard Grenache

The Sands of Time Old Vine Single Vineyard Grenache of Winery Thistledown matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of traditional hungarian goulash or fondue with comté cheese.

Details and technical informations about Winery Thistledown's Sands of Time Old Vine Single Vineyard Grenache.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
14.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Raffiat de Moncade

Raffiat de Moncade is a white Pyrenean grape variety. A descendant of the white gouais, it should not be confused with the arruffiac. This grape variety has truncated cone-shaped bunches of grapes, which are stalked and winged. The raffiat de Moncade was used by the ampelographer Marcel Durquety to obtain new varieties such as perdea, arroba and arriloba. Still called rousselet, the raffiat de Moncade is associated with an early budding in the year and a late maturity of the second period. It has a semi-spreading habit. This variety is quite productive and resists grey rot and powdery mildew quite well. Raffiat de Moncade is used in the vinification of certain wines from Tursan and Béarn. It is used to produce a neutral, fine, high alcohol and warm wine. It is often combined with petit manseng and gros manseng, which give the wines a high acidity.

Last vintages of this wine

Sands of Time Old Vine Single Vineyard Grenache - 2018
In the top 100 of of McLaren Vale wines
Average rating: 3.911110
Sands of Time Old Vine Single Vineyard Grenache - 2017
In the top 100 of of McLaren Vale wines
Average rating: 411110

The best vintages of Sands of Time Old Vine Single Vineyard Grenache from Winery Thistledown are 2017, 2018

Informations about the Winery Thistledown

The winery offers 32 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
This winery is part of the Alliance Wine.
It is in the top 20 of the best estates in the region
It is located in McLaren Vale in the region of Australie du Sud

The Winery Thistledown is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 33 wines for sale in the of McLaren Vale to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Australie du Sud
In the top 15000 of of Australia wines
In the top 1500 of of McLaren Vale wines
In the top 200000 of red wines
In the top 350000 wines of the world

The wine region of McLaren Vale

The wine region of McLaren Vale is located in the region of Fleurieu of Australie du Sud of Australia. We currently count 599 estates and châteaux in the of McLaren Vale, producing 2626 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of McLaren Vale go well with generally quite well with dishes .


The wine region of Australie du Sud

SouthAustralia is one of Australia's six states, located (as the name suggests) in the south of the vast island continent. It's the engine room of the Australian wine industry, responsible for about half of the country's total production each year. But there's more to the region than quantity - countless high-quality wines are produced here, most from the region's signature Grape, Shiraz. These include such fine, collectible wines as Penfolds Grange, Henschke Hill of Grace, Torbreck The Laird and d'Arenberg The Dead Arm.

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The word of the wine: Raw

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