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Grenache //​ Ministry of Clouds

Entwined within a complex deep core of red and purple fruit aromas, violets, earth and herb tinged; the palate is pure with old-vine flesh, calming depth and purity, but kept necessarily fresh by grainy tannins and a bright line of natural acid.

Winemaker

Bernice Ong &
​Julian Forwood

Farming

Practising organic.

Region

Blewitt Springs & Clarendon,
​McLaren Vale

Vineyard

Hand harvested from a pair of vineyards, one 81 and the other 98 years of age situated in the higher climes of Blewitt Springs and Clarendon. Planted into deep Aeolian sand these sites express a spicy, more modestly built, and slender expression of McLaren Vale Grenache. 

Grapes

Grenache

Winemaking

De-stemmed 90% to retain whole berries, including the balance as whole bunches. Wild ferments in traditional open fermenters, with hand plunging twice daily to wet the caps, but not so vigorous as to macerate the stalks. After 13 days on skins, we basket pressed each parcel to a mixture of old oak puncheons and a 1000-litre foudre. 11 months only in large old oak to allow the blend to come together and bottled young before any meaningful oak influence can be seen.

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Who are we?

In the summer of 2019, two small 7-year-old wine importers, Red Squirrel and The Knotted Vine, came together to become the Graft Wine Company.

​Our dynamic and experienced team is based across the UK and works with an intrepid, exciting collection of restaurants, bars, pubs, hotels, independent wine merchants.

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  • Home
  • Our Story
  • Winemakers
    • Argentina
      • MAAL
      • Rocamadre
    • Australia
      • Aphelion
      • Bellwether
      • Brothers Koerner
      • Dal Zotto
      • David Franz
      • Koerner
      • La Violetta
      • Lowboi
      • Ministry of Clouds
      • Murdoch Hill
      • Polperro & Even Keel
      • Sigurd Wines
      • Vinteloper
    • Austria
      • Andreas Gsellmann
      • Weingut Diwald
      • Eschenhof Holzer
    • Canada
      • Okanagan Crush Pad
    • England
      • Black Chalk
    • France
      • Château de Bel
      • Château de Haut-Bergeron
      • Domaine Bott
      • Clos Cibonne
      • Château Combel-la-Serre
      • Château Laballe
      • Frédéric Guilbaud Muscadet
      • Domaine des Gandines
      • Kewin Descombes
      • Champagne Levasseur
      • Damien Pinon
      • Maison Ventenac
      • Domaine du Vieux Pressoir
      • Xavier Vignon
    • Germany
      • Weingut Dr. Corvers-Kauter
      • Emil Bauer & Söhne
      • Weingut Frey
    • Italy
      • 47 AD
      • Ayunta
      • Bruna
      • Ca' di Rajo
      • Cà ed Balos
      • Sobrero
      • Cossetti
      • Dado è Tratto
      • Fornaro
      • Franco Mondo
      • Leonardo Bussoletti
      • Noelia Ricci
      • Tempo al Vino
      • Tocco
    • New Zealand
      • Loveblock
    • Portugal
      • A&D Wines
      • Adega de Borba
      • Caminhos Cruzados
      • Mira do Ó
      • Morgado do Quintão
    • South Africa
      • The Ahrens Family
      • Beeslaar
      • Cape Point Vineyards
      • Cape Town Wine Company
      • De Kleine Wijn Koop
      • Lowerland
      • Matthew Van Heerden
      • Reverie
      • Wightman & Sons
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