1 1

Place

Carefully selected from vineyards across the Clare Valley.

Vintage Conditions

A dry yet cooler vintage, 2019 has delivered smaller yields of highly flavoured fruit. The lower-than-average rainfall between December and harvest created a few challenges. There were some extreme weather conditions during the growing season, including the lowest temperature recorded in spring and the highest ever temperature in summer, but the grapes showed great resilience. Red grape varieties thrived under these dry and reasonably cool conditions.

Winemaking

Each variety is harvested separately at optimum flavour ripeness and vinified in small open fermenters, where time honoured techniques of hand plunging, délestage and basket pressing are used to gently extract colour, flavour and tannin from the skins. Once pressed, each batch is matured for fourteen months in seasoned French oak before the final cuvee’ is assembled.

Kilikanoon Wines

2019 Baudinet GSM

2019 Baudinet GSM

Overview

Named after Bruce Baudinet, a partner in Kilikanoon Wines and vineyard owner from where the Mataro and Shiraz for the blend are selected. This multi award-winning wine is crafted in the image of a classic southern Rhone blend, the three varieties come together with tremendous synergy, balance and complexity.
$55.00
$55.00
Sale Sold out
Tax included.

"The palate wields fine tannins with impressive style, elevating the peppery aromatics, the punchy maraschino cherry notes, not to mention the discreet savouriness. The choc-vanillin oak is particularly nicely placed, intuitive almost, simply going harmoniously with the wine. We used to treat GSM as simply a nice everyday kind of wine. No more." Jeni Port - Winepilot.

Place

Carefully selected from vineyards across the Clare Valley.

Vintage Conditions

A dry yet cooler vintage, 2019 has delivered smaller yields of highly flavoured fruit. The lower-than-average rainfall between December and harvest created a few challenges. There were some extreme weather conditions during the growing season, including the lowest temperature recorded in spring and the highest ever temperature in summer, but the grapes showed great resilience. Red grape varieties thrived under these dry and reasonably cool conditions.

Winemaking

Each variety is harvested separately at optimum flavour ripeness and vinified in small open fermenters, where time honoured techniques of hand plunging, délestage and basket pressing are used to gently extract colour, flavour and tannin from the skins. Once pressed, each batch is matured for fourteen months in seasoned French oak before the final cuvee’ is assembled.

Acidity
6.2 g/L
Alcohol
14.5%
Cellaring
Now or cellar for the next decade
Closure
Screw cap
Maturation
Seasoned French oak for 14 months
Size
750mL
Varietal
Grenache, Shiraz, Mataro
Vintage
2019
Download Tasting Notes View full details

Tasting Notes

Back Vintage Tasting Notes

  • Appearance

    Appearance

    Deep garnet red with a purple hue.

  • Nose

    Nose

    An expected complex basket of blackberry, plums and spice with wafts of tanned leather and fresh lavender.

  • Palate

    Palate

    The palate is concentrated and seamless with red plums, cherries and blackberries all colliding together. A savoury, spicy backbone of subtle smoke and tar wafts through silky, plush tannins to a long, generous, and expressive finish. A wine that continues to evolve in the glass as it airs.

1 3

Customer Reviews

Based on 1 review
100%
(1)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
0%
(0)
J
Janet Carr
I love a good GSM

We opened one last night with American visitors. It was magnificent, multilayered, soft, full bodied, one of the best I’ve ever tasted!