Description
“Pete and his partner Magali Gely operate what I think is the best new-wave of small-scale Barossa wine companies to emerge at the beginning of the 21st century… These weren’t big, blockbuster, showy wines designed to impress. They were wines that managed to take the best of the Barossa’s sometimes forgotten varietal traditions and fuse them onto a very European flavour sensibility.” Max Allen, The future makers
“It seems that Spinifex wines can do no wrong.” Campbell Mattinson
“This is consistently one of my favourite cuvées for mid-week drinking.. “ Pete Schell
When Spinifex first entered the scene in 2001, Esprit was a wine that had a profound impact on what we have now come to expect from the ‘new’ Barossa Valley. It’s a wine crafted with perfume, finesse and savoury structure at front of mind, and though the composition may change each year, the result is always a deeply impressive, characterful and complex wine. When it comes to quality and value, Esprit leaves its competitors in the dust.
As always, the wine was sourced from a selection (eight in total) of very old vineyards, mainly in Ebenezer, Williamstown and Bethany. Vine age ranges from 75 to more than 150 years, and all sites are dry-grown with minimal vineyard inputs—old vineyards grown the old way. This year’s release is Grenache dominant (82%) with the balance made up of Shiraz (12%), Counoise (3%) and Cinsault (3%). Each parcel was fermented with indigenous yeast, and macerations varied from eight to 20 days. Maturation took place in a combination of stainless steel and well-seasoned 600 and 1200-litre barrels.
About the 2023 from the winemakers: “Perfumed nose of red fruits and spice – rose hip and dried rose petals overlay ripe raspberry, ripe red cherry, plum, nectarine and delicate cinnamon and mace notes. Intense mid weight palate with glowing red fruits on attack – red plum, raspberry and dried herb flavours – which fuse with plum stone like acids and light stony tannins on a fresh, dry finish.”
94 points, David Brookes, Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion ” .. Ripe blueberry and satsuma plum with a liberal splash of raspberry notes, hints of exotic spice, citrus blossom, cherry clafoutis, charcuterie and roasting meats, mace and crushed stone. Jeez, it’s great drinking. Mid-weighted with crushed-rock tannins and a finish that lingers very nicely indeed.”
RRP $42 Our Special Price $34.99 when you buy 6 or more of this wine. – LIMITED STOCK OF THIS VINTAGE
