Thistledown - Fool on the Hill Grenache 2022 (750ml) Washington Yakima Valley Pinot Gris

Thistledown - Fool on the Hill Grenache 2022 (750ml) Washington Yakima Valley Pinot GrisThe Fool on the Hill is brand new. Sourced from two tiny plots of essentially dry grown bush vine Grenache, planted by Joel Mattschoss, high in the Eden Valley on soils that require a vine to struggle. Its a spectacular plot with an unusually bright future, though the impenetrable soils, lack of adequate water and exposure would have led all but the bravest to question the sense of the project. The signature Thistledown lifted aromatics are present

its sincerity is a joy to drink in its young age upon release

The nose offers up pretty scents of crushed plums

WS92Wine SpectatorJuicy loganberry and black currant fruit forms an inviting core

Very fine and vivid

flamboyant notes of Christmas cake

Seducing nose of ripe pear and fresh citrus flavours

a classic Vintage Port to put away in the cellar for many years

The full bodied

launched extensive work both in the vineyard and in the buildings

this lends this GPL a little more precocity and sensuality compared to other vintages

The mouthfeel has medium intensity and a silky texture

the wine's voluptuous mouthfeel and refined tannins stretch across a long