Thistledown This Charming Man Grenache 2025 vaucopains-1er-cru made from 80% Mencía grape

made from 80% Mencía grape varieties and 20% a mixture of other varieties such as Brancellao and Garnacha from vineyards from different plots in the Amandi area and protected under the Ribeira Sacra Designation of Origin

equipped for the Knights Valley growing season

The finish is very long and full of fruit

with a finish that entices continued indulgence

Excellent depth with a long ripe red currant mulberry tinged with bay leaf tobacco and spicy cedar aftertaste

Thistledown This Charming Man Grenache 2025 vaucopains-1er-cru made from 80% Mencía grapeOn a beautiful hillside in the Clarendon sub region of McLaren Vale, three generations of the Smart family have devoted their lives to Grenache. Decades have passed where precious few valued their crop and yet they endured. That this remarkable vineyard has sustained is down to one man, Bernard Smart and this wine pays homage to this charming man. A remarkable site that has vines of 100 years old. The entire site, planted high in the picturesque