Ministry of Clouds 'Kintsugi' GSM 2021

Kintsugi is the ancient Japanese art of “golden joinery”, the creation of enduring beauty from broken fragments of ancient pottery as they are pieced together with lacquer laced with gold. It befits our desire to meticulously blend only our very best parcels of old vine fruit from a single year. In direct contrast with the Australian obsession to label single varietal wines, Kintsugi is the simply the best Southern Rhone inspired wine we can make in a year, no matter its components.

The whole, we hope, is greater than the sum of its parts. J&B

A Southern Rhone inspired single site wine that is a seamless blend of old vine Grenache, Shiraz,  Mourvèdre, Mataro and a smidgen of Carignan as well. The incredible nose leads with Grenache notes, elegant, darkly hued and showing aromatic floral red fruit lift, cardamom, and five spice. Layered and long this wine exhibits a tightly wound core of dense red berried crunchy fruit, framed by persistent sandy tannins, and bright acidity.

We recommend decanting to enjoy this velvety wine.