After Five Wine Co Single Vineyard Grenache 2018 - In Bond
- Australia
- Grenache
- ABV 14
- Zalto Bordeaux
Vinorium Award - 2019 Red Wine of the Year: Silver
Stuart McCloskey, tasted 21 May 2025 "The After Five Wine Co. was created to simply showcase single vineyards that consistently produce wines of excellence and convey their Barossa sub-region’s unique quality. Here we have a glorious example of Grenache from the Zerk family vineyard (planted in1961 and located 1km east of the township of Lyndoch, Barossa Valley).
It’s been years since I last opened a bottle… Clearly, I have missed out on some great drinking. The bouquet has evolved wonderfully over the years and now displays a flowing smorgasbord of raspberry, rosehip, orange peel, florals, salted liquorice, white pepper, spices, dried fennel seed, and minerals. There’s a coolness to the scent (perhaps a factor of the vineyard’s 234 metre altitude) however, not at the expense of ‘concentration.’ This is both beautiful and powerful… Unquestionably, this has Pinosity – The palate-feel is simply heavenly. The fruit flows in silken ribbons, the tannins are willowy and provide a caring touch, and the acidity provides cooling levity. Flavours? Pure, sweet, spiced raspberry, cranberry, blueberry, blood orange, along with a soupçon of liquorice. There’s an exotic veil covering the flavour profile. A complete symphony of pleasure – haunting in texture and flavour. As a side note: I spend my working life seeking new wines at the expense of old friends. This has spurred me on to re-sample wines that have been forgotten! Served using Zalto Burgundy glassware. Drink now to 2028 (perhaps longer). I also think this will be a beauty if dunked in a bucket of ice for 5-to-10 minutes and served in the garden."
Craig and Mark made their first vintage in 2006 from just over a tonne of hand-picked Shiraz from Craig’s own vineyard that they crushed and fermented in his shed. From there, they have gone on to produce a range of incredible wines that include their standout, single vineyard trio the After Five Wine Co range. These wines are sourced from three individual sites across the Barossa Valley, one of which is Craig’s own Stansborough vineyard. This particular vineyard is planted with 8 hectares of Shiraz and 1 hectare each of Italian varieties Aglianico and Montepulciano, as well as a third generation, family owned Grenache vineyard. Through their single vineyard range, Craig and Mark’s aim is to produce fruit driven wines with elegance and texture that reflect the vineyards from which they are sourced.
Their After Five Wine Co Shiraz is sourced from Craig’s own Stansborough vineyard. The Old Vine Grenache is produced from vines sourced from the Zerk Grenache Vineyard, a family owned and run single site, planted by the Zerk family in 1961.
The third vineyard that Purple Hands source fruit from is the Woodlands Vineyard, which Craig and Mark uncovered in 2012, discovering 468 exceptional Cabernet Sauvignon vines hidden at the back of an old vineyard across the road from the Zerk Family Vineyard. After some investigation by a historian, they discovered that the vineyard was planted some time during the mid-1800s with the Cabernet Sauvignon&nb... Read more Read less
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