Winery Thistledown - Thorny Devil Grenache

Winery ThistledownThorny Devil Grenache

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Thorny Devil Grenache of Winery Thistledown is a red wine from the region of Barossa Valley 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 Thorny Devil Grenache of Winery Thistledown in the region of Australie du Sud often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit.

Food and wine pairings with Thorny Devil Grenache

Pairings that work perfectly with Thorny Devil Grenache

Original food and wine pairings with Thorny Devil Grenache

The Thorny Devil Grenache of Winery Thistledown matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of tunisian molokheya or jack be little in a hat ....

Details and technical informations about Winery Thistledown's Thorny Devil Grenache.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
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Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Albillo mayor

Very old Spanish grape variety originating and cultivated in the upper Douro Valley - Ribera del Duero province of Burgos -. It is believed to be the result of a natural cross between the white Heben and a variety that is still unknown today. It should be noted that the synonym albillo is used for many other grape varieties, such as chasselas, muscat of Alexandria or albillo de Toro, verdejo or albillo de Nava, ... and it should not be confused with torrontés riojano. You can find the Albillo mayor in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Peru, Chile, Bulgaria, ... completely unknown in France.

Last vintages of this wine

Thorny Devil Grenache - 2018
In the top 100 of of Barossa Valley wines
Average rating: 3.61110.50
Thorny Devil Grenache - 2017
In the top 100 of of Barossa Valley wines
Average rating: 3.911110

The best vintages of Thorny Devil 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 15 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Barossa Valley 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 Barossa Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Australie du Sud
In the top 9000 of of Australia wines
In the top 850 of of Barossa Valley wines
In the top 150000 of red wines
In the top 250000 wines of the world

The wine region of Barossa Valley

The wine region of Barossa Valley is located in the region of Barossa of Australie du Sud of Australia. We currently count 613 estates and châteaux in the of Barossa Valley, producing 2290 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Barossa Valley 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: Load shedding

Unlike pumping over, the liquid part is completely removed from the tank before being poured over the marc. This allows for a better mixing of the solid particles and the juice.

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