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2010 Grosset Gaia
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Grosset Gaia 2010
Only 900 dozen produced (Sold Out)
This is another outstanding vintage for the most weighty and powerful of the Grosset wines and a red that will satisfy the purists being more restrained and slightly less immediately approachable than the 2009. It is likely to be even more ageworthy than its predecessor. The 2010 Gaia is a blend of cabernet sauvignon (85%) and cabernet franc (15%) from a single site of the Clare Valley’s highest altitude vineyard.
This is wonderfully fragrant, brooding and briary with spice, wild herb overtones and a hint of schisty minerality. The palate is reserved and restrained with some primal mulberry and blackcurrant flavours made complex by savoury minerality. It is dense and opulent, less fruity than most Australian cabernet blends, powerful and chewy, tightly structured and finishes with fine, grainy tannins and shaley minerally notes. Expect it to become more approachable over the next five years and drinking beautifully from ten years of age.
General Cellaring Guide: Enjoy now, or cellar 4-15 years
Release Date: 1 March 2013
Only 900 dozen produced (Sold Out)
This is another outstanding vintage for the most weighty and powerful of the Grosset wines and a red that will satisfy the purists being more restrained and slightly less immediately approachable than the 2009. It is likely to be even more ageworthy than its predecessor. The 2010 Gaia is a blend of cabernet sauvignon (85%) and cabernet franc (15%) from a single site of the Clare Valley’s highest altitude vineyard.
This is wonderfully fragrant, brooding and briary with spice, wild herb overtones and a hint of schisty minerality. The palate is reserved and restrained with some primal mulberry and blackcurrant flavours made complex by savoury minerality. It is dense and opulent, less fruity than most Australian cabernet blends, powerful and chewy, tightly structured and finishes with fine, grainy tannins and shaley minerally notes. Expect it to become more approachable over the next five years and drinking beautifully from ten years of age.
General Cellaring Guide: Enjoy now, or cellar 4-15 years
Release Date: 1 March 2013