Description / Reviews
// 100% Biodynamic Grenache Noir - Blewitt Springs
"Ovitelli is the most perfumed and elegant Grenache from the sands at Yangarra. The vibrant fruit of those dry grown 1946 bush vines is rewarded with a long, luxurious ferment and a whole autumn on skins in big ceramic eggs. Sourced from Block 30, planted in 1946 and adjacent to the High Sands block. Hand-picked from 9 th of March and selectively berry sorted. Destemmed, crushed and tipped into 675L ceramic eggs with gentle hand plunging. The fermentation occurred in the ceramic and remained on skins for approximately 3 months. No pressings are used in this wine. No oak, matured exclusively in ceramic for a total 11 months. Bottled February 2025. Certified Organic/Biodynamic." - Yangarra Estate, Winemaker
"The 2024 Ovitelli Grenache is a confluence of two important elements: the first is the warm year defined by amplitude and florals, and the second is the process of maturation, whereby this wine is matured exclusively in concrete egg, which emphasizes the austerity of the tannins and enhances the focus of the palate. Together, the wine looks both supple and tightly coiled, and it bears all the hallmarks of aging impressively well over the week it has been open, and decades into the future too. This is a super wine." - 97 Points, Erin Larkin, Robert Parker Wine Advocate
