Description Thistledown boasts "an assemblage of talent, superb old-vine sites and remarkable wines that have established a firmament at the top of the grenache totem in this country" (Ned Goodwin MW, The Halliday Wine Companion). This genuinely gorgeous Grenache has "a beautifully fragrant aroma of rose petals, mixed spices and red fruits" (Huon Hooke, The Real Review), its bright palate of fresh red fruit has "notes of rosehip, maraschino cherry and Seville orange" (Ned Goodwin MW, The Halliday Wine Companion).
The South Australian wine industry is responsible for more than half the production of all Australian wine. South Australia is a vast area with a great diversity in geography, allowing the state to produce a wide range of grape varieties from cool-climate Riesling in the Clare Valley to big, full-bodied Shiraz of the Barossa Valley. Some of Australia's most famous wines like Penfolds Grange, Jacob's Creek, Yalumba and Henschke Hill of Grace are produced here.
