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NOTES
Grosset Wines is an independently owned winery set in the Clare Valley producing just six highly regarded premium wines each vintage. Established in 1981 by Jeffrey Grosset in the historic township of Auburn in the southern tip of the Clare Valley 100 kilometres north of Adelaide, the winery is stylish but functional and reflects the attention to detail that extends to the Grosset estate-owned Clare Valley vineyards and to the winemaking.
TASTING NOTES
In comparison with the 2006 vintage, the 2007 Grosset Pinot Noir is more deliciously approachable while young and yet gives promise of developing body, weight and complexity with time in the bottle. The wine has excellent varietal character - from vibrant brambly characters, some earthy, gamey, truffly notes, satiny smooth texture moving towards velvety even at this young age. There is weight, a tight structure which provides focus, seamless integration of fruit, oak and ripe silky tannins before a pristine finish that lingers long and fine. It is seriously irresistible drinking now and so should be eeked out sparingly so that your stocks enable you to see how well it develops, even with short term cellaring.
REVIEWS
This is a delicate style with pretty fruit and firm, grippy tannins that will benefit from time to soften. Layered with fresh rose petal and red cherry aromas overlaying notes of stalk, savoury spice and nutmeg. There is a mineralality to its structure that carries on to a long finish. 93 Points Nick Stock, WBM April 2009
Sweet cherry, almost bubblegum aromas; delicious cherry flavours; sweetly ripe and lovely. Lighter coloured but with a good red-purple hue. Medium-bodied, finely textured, stylish and fragrant, almost luscious flavour. Huon Hooke, Gourmet Traveller WINE, August/September 2009 – Top 100 New Releases
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