A thing of beauty 2024
$38.00
Translucent ruby colour, incredibly vibrant.
On the nose it is elegant and perfumed, with notes of violet, dried rose petals, cherry, and clay. The core of red fruit carries the bouquet, but the beauty is in the supporting layers of herbal, floral and spiced nuances.
The palate is beautifully fresh and lively. The fruit is ripe, rich, and red-toned, with a balanced acidity to keep this wine dancing on the tongue. The secondary notes of spice marge with the velvety structure to create a complex, elegant, and lingering finish.
Stunning already, this wine can be enjoyed young, by itself or paired with white and red meats; or it can be cellared for years
Aged slowly in terracotta amphora, resting in our underground cellar.
Tsharke A Thing of Beauty 2024
Wine Details
Vintage: 2024
Vineyard: Gnadenfrei North and South
Variety: 100% Grenache
Alcohol: 14.83%
pH: 3.46
Titratable Acidity: 5.8
Taste Profile
Translucent ruby colour, incredibly vibrant.
On the nose it is elegant and perfumed, with notes of violet, dried rose petals, cherry, and clay. The core of red fruit carries the bouquet, but the beauty is in the supporting layers of herbal, floral and spiced nuances.
The palate is beautifully fresh and lively. The fruit is ripe, rich, and red-toned, with a balanced acidity to keep this wine dancing on the tongue. The secondary notes of spice marge with the velvety structure to create a complex, elegant, and lingering finish.
Stunning already, this wine can be enjoyed young, by itself or paired with white and red meats; or it can be cellared for years.
Vintage Notes
After a long and late 2023 vintage, 2024 vintage proved to be quite the opposite. Winter was 28 per cent below average rains and spring was even drier with only 48 per cent of average. The dry winter and spring made the vines work during the early part of the growing season, and bud burst started three weeks earlier than the year before.
With some rain, and slightly cooler than average days, December and early January saw vines flourish. Veraison in many vineyards was a month earlier than 2023. January finished with average temperatures, but in February, with no rain and the temperature 2°C above average, vines ripened quickly, and harvest was away.
In 2024, quality across the board looks exceptional from all the Tscharke Estate Vineyards, especially for Grenache and Grenache Blanc.
Winemaking
From distinct Grenache blocks hand-picked at different times to create layers and complexity right from the vineyard.
Hand-picked at different ripeness levels, the parcels were crushed and fermented in open vats, concrete and stainless steel, some on lignified stalks. Manual punch downs and pump overs to manage the cap. Pressed to tank for MLF, then racked to the cellar, in amphorae. Blended in winter, it aged for a further 8 months in terracotta with regular bâtonnage, before being filtered and bottled.
The palate is beautifully fresh and lively. The fruit is ripe, rich, and red-toned, with a balanced acidity to keep this wine dancing on the tongue.
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