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Viticultural & vinification notes		Winemakers comments
Vintage conditions	An unseasonally cool vintage with harvest in May	Colour   Nose     Palate	Medium red with a red hue.   There are attractive aromas of raspberry, cherry, confection and spice.   The palate is medium to full-bodied with intense berry, black jubes and boiled lolly flavours with some cherry and spice high notes. The tannins are soft and long with warming alcohol on the finish.
Vineyard	Three Hills Hand pruned to rods Hand picked
Grape variety	100% Grenache
Maturation	In 2 year old French oak barriques
Wine analysis	Alc/Vol:            14.8% Acidity:              6.2g/l pH:                    3.55 Residual sugar:<0.5g/l

Grenache is widely grown across the Mediterranean but arguably reaches its highest expression in Chateunef du Pape and the Rioja in Spain. Old vine Grenache is also revered by some winemakers in the Barossa. It is not generally considered  a good subject for Margaret River, let alone Karridale and is produced by very few growers. This represents a deficiency of the imagination. It has proved to be one of the most successful and attractive varieties that we grow and is the backbone of our Happs PF Red.

Grenache, left to its own devices will produce a 25 ton to the hectare but the wine will be thin and unattractive. Our vines are thinned to one bunch per shoot which has the effect of removing almost half the crop and concentrating the flavour.

We find Grenache a joy to have in our cellar. It provides us with the same relief from full bodied wines that we experience with Pinot Noir, Tinta Cao and Gamay.