2015 Izway Wines Maurice Grenache

The 2015 Izway Maurice is a single vineyard wine. Planted on the famous clays of Greenock the resulting wine has wonderful aromatics and great tannin profile. In our opinion Grenache is the variety that is most suited to the marginal soils and warm climate of the Barossa Valley; even more so than its more famous counterpart Shiraz. We have made it an aspiration to make the best Grenache wines we possibly can and to inspire people to drink more of this underrated varietal.

The 2015 Vintage was influenced by a dry spring, a hot summer and then a significant rain event in January. The rain freshened up the fruit and the wines are defined by pretty aromatics and fine tannins. The vintage was spread out considerably with a handful of early but lovely Shiraz parcels followed by some of the best Grenache and Mataro we have seen since our inception in 2003. The harvest conditions have delivered lovely early drinkers as well as long term cellaring options in both Grenache and Shiraz.