Winery ThistledownSands of Time Old Vine Single Vineyard Grenache
Red wine
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 boles de picolat (catalan meatballs) or franco-comtois beef.
Details and technical informations about Winery Thistledown's Sands of Time Old Vine Single Vineyard Grenache.
Discover the grape variety: Négret castrais
The négret castrais is called mauzac noir. It is in the region of Toulouse that we find this variety doomed to disappear. Its origins are to be found in the Gaillac region, where it reaches maturity during the second period. The plant likes clay-limestone soils. It can be recognized by its late buds. Its bunches have short peduncles bearing compact, truncated cone-shaped loads. They are often winged and loaded with medium-sized berries. The pulp is covered with a thick skin whose colour is more or less red depending on the sun exposure of the bunch. Worms, excoliosis and powdery mildew are the main enemies of this variety. When vinified, Castres Negret gives off a fairly good character from its mauzac stock. The wine gives off notes of vanilla, apple, pear and jasmine. The juice is not very colourful and light in the mouth.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Sands of Time Old Vine Single Vineyard Grenache from Winery Thistledown are 2017, 2018, 0
Informations about the Winery Thistledown
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.
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.
The word of the wine: Extraction
All the methods (pumping over, punching down) that allow the colour and tannins to be extracted from the grape skin during maceration, before fermentation begins. It is also possible to macerate after fermentation, but gently, so as not to extract the tannins from the seeds, which are greener. Because of its solvent power, alcohol favours extraction.
