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Aphelion Callow Grenache Blanc 2025
McLaren Vale Grenache Blanc | Organic Single Vineyard | Limited Release
Aphelion Callow Grenache Blanc 2025 is a vibrant, textural and spice-laced expression of Grenache Blanc from a certified Organic and Biodynamic vineyard near Kangarilla in McLaren Vale.
Hand-picked and whole bunch pressed, this wine balances purity and freshness with subtle oak complexity. Bright acidity and layered texture make it both immediately compelling and capable of medium-term cellaring.
Only 250 six-packs produced.
Tasting Notes
Intense and vibrant fruit aromatics mingle with citrus and spice. A fine textural edge gives the wine a distinctly food-friendly feel. Cinnamon and nutmeg spice complement nashi pear and stone fruit flavours, finishing long and precise with refreshing acidity.
- Variety: Grenache Blanc
- Region: McLaren Vale (Kangarilla)
- Vineyard: Certified Organic & Biodynamic Yangarra Vineyard
- ABV: 13.2%
- Closure: Screwcap
- Vegan Friendly
- Serve: 8–10°C
- Cellaring: Drink now or cellar 5–8 years
Winemaking
Hand-picked fruit was whole bunch pressed. 60% was fermented in stainless steel to retain freshness and varietal purity, with the balance fermented in one new Austrian oak hogshead and seasoned French oak barriques.
A slow, cool ferment preserved aromatics. The wine remained on full lees with regular battonage until bottling in December 2025, building texture and complexity while maintaining precision.
Goes With
Goes With Food: Bouillabaisse — the body and spice of the wine mirror the dish beautifully.
Goes With Cheese: Comté — structured yet not overpowering, allowing the spice characters to shine.
Goes With Music: Muse – Stockholm Syndrome.
Goes With Life: Textural and aromatic, perfect as the first glass of the evening or paired with the feature dish of the night.
Why Buy Callow Grenache Blanc 2025?
- Rare McLaren Vale Grenache Blanc
- Certified Organic & Biodynamic vineyard source
- Textural, spice-driven white wine
- Cellar-worthy for 5–8 years
- Limited production — only 250 six-packs
This is a wine for lovers of Rhône-style whites, Chenin Blanc drinkers looking for something textural, and collectors of small-batch McLaren Vale releases.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does Grenache Blanc taste like?
Grenache Blanc typically shows citrus, pear and stone fruit with spice and texture. The Callow Grenache Blanc 2025 highlights nashi pear, cinnamon and nutmeg with vibrant acidity.
Is this a dry white wine?
Yes. Callow Grenache Blanc 2025 is dry, textural and balanced with fresh acidity.
Can I cellar Grenache Blanc?
Yes. Thanks to vibrant acidity and lees maturation, this wine will cellar well for 5–8 years.
Is this wine organic?
The fruit is sourced from a certified Organic and Biodynamic vineyard in McLaren Vale.
What food pairs best with Grenache Blanc?
Bouillabaisse, seafood stews, roast chicken, and alpine cheeses like Comté pair beautifully with this style.
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Discover one of the best McLaren Vale Grenache wines. Savoury, structured and made for moments to remember.
Aphelion began with Grenache. Our focus is Grenache. Our future is Grenache.
Our original 2014 "Grenache project" has evolved.
Each vintage we coax from the earth three exceptional McLaren Vale Single Vineyard Grenache wines.
Made the same way each year using 100% whole bunches, each highlights the diversity and beauty of Grenache and the many terroirs of McLaren Vale.
Guided by the deft and gentle hands of Rob Mack they sing of their purity and place.
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"Gorgeous wine...Can’t fault this. It’s exquisite." - Campbell Mattison for The Wine Front
"(F)ruit is impeccably ripe, and the site reflection bell clear. Excellent." - Marcus Ellis for Halliday Wine Companion
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The Wait Single Vineyard Grenache 2023 is sourced from the Top Bush block owned by the Wait family in the northeast corner of the Blewitt Springs area of McLaren Vale.
Planted in the mid 1940’s, this block is dry grown and provides small berries with intense flavour and prominent tannin.
The most structural and savoury wine in the range, brooding in character with earth and briary characters dominating the palate.
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Unfiltered | Unfined | Vegan
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Production: 800 bottles produced under Diam Origine.
ABV: 13.2%
Accolades:
96 points Erin Larkin for Robert Parker Wine Advocate
96 points Marcus Ellis for Halliday Wine Companion
95 points Gold medal - McLaren Vale Wine Show 2025
95 points Campbell Mattison for The Wine Front
"Gorgeous wine. Plenty up its sleeve but ready to be consumed now too, should you wish. I wished. Herbs, undergrowth, boysenberry, red and black cherry, a graphite note, a gentle meatiness. This is juicy, fine, smoky and impeccably well structured all at once. Tannin is like a tickle in the dark; you’re not sure where it came from but you’re sure aware of its presence. Can’t fault this. It’s exquisite." - Campbell Mattison for The Wine Front
"It’s brooding in a way, but also refined. Amaro herbs, preserved sour cherry, white pepper, a bastourma-like cured meat note, lingonberry, goji, dusky rose and a crackle of spice. This was picked on the earlier side, based on the final alcohol, giving a pleasing verve and linearity, though the fruit is impeccably ripe, and the site reflection bell clear. Excellent." - Marcus Ellis for Halliday Wine Companion
"(N)otes of Campari and blood orange, raspberry seed and poached rhubarb. On the palate, this wine really shines, and it shows the power and succulence of the 2024 season. This has surprisingly low alcohol, but it works really well—the fruit and tannins feel ripe, despite this. It is almost an entire degree lower in alcohol than usual." - Erin Larkin for Robert Parker
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From $90.00 /Per Bottle
Aphelion began with Grenache.
Our focus is Grenache.
Our future is Grenache.
Our original 2014 "Grenache project" has evolved.
Presenting three exceptional McLaren Vale Single Vineyard wines.
Each made the same way with 100% whole bunches. Each highlights the diversity and beauty of Grenache, and the many terroirs in McLaren Vale.
Guided by the deft and gentle hands of Rob Mack they sing of their purity.
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The Brini Single Vineyard Grenache 2024 is sourced from the upper tank block owned by the Brini family in the Blewitt Springs sub-region of McLaren Vale.
This block has been a staple of Aphelion from our first vintage and forms the backbone of the Confluence Grenache.
The roundest and most intense wine in the range, dark plum fruits dominate with earth and forest floor characters to create a wine of depth and richness. Sandy based loam soils provide fruit that gives intensity and a brooding edge.
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Unfiltered | Unfined | Vegan
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Production: 800 bottles produced under Diam Origine.
ABV: 13.5%
Accolades:
95 points Erin Larkin for Robert Parker Wine Advocate
95 points Huon Hooke The Real Review
93 points Gary Walsh for The Wine Front
92 points Marcus Ellis for Halliday Wine Companion
"It’s a little sinewy and spicy, and also edgy in a savoury way... There are floral notes present, if a little restrained, a little compressed. Give it a year or so and it will soar." - Marcus Ellis
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Hickinbotham Single Site 2024 is a benchmark Grenache wine from one of the best McLaren Vale Grenache vineyards - vibrant, savoury, elegant and cellar-worthy.
Aphelion began with Grenache. Our focus is Grenache. Our future is Grenache.
Our original 2014 "Grenache project" has evolved.
Each vintage we coax from the earth three exceptional McLaren Vale Single Vineyard Grenache wines.
Made the same way each year using 100% whole bunches, each highlights the diversity and beauty of Grenache and the many terroirs of McLaren Vale.
Guided by the deft and gentle hands of Rob Mack they sing of their purity and place.
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Sourced from Blocks 111-113 at the highest elevation of the Hickinbotham vineyard owned by Yangarra in Clarendon, close to the Adelaide Hills.
A southerly aspect provides respite from the hot afternoon sun during ripening ensuring that this fruit is the last Grenache harvested. This produces a very well developed flavour profile.
The highest altitude wine in the range with vibrancy and crisp acid drive, red fruits mingle with herbal briar characters to create a wine of freshness and depth.
Lifted aromatics of cranberry, bramble, and cherry. Herbal characters abound on the palate, with rosehip, just-ripe strawberry, and blood orange flavours. A rasp of light tannin provides good length and a savoury finish.
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Halliday Wine Companion placed our Hickinbotham Single Site Grenache 2024 as one of their Best Australian Grenache's on their Ultimate Aussie Festive Wine List. Marcus Ellis also gave our wine 97 points and a Special Value rosette. Noice.
Campbell Mattinson of The Wine Front said of the Hickinbotham 2024:
"I lost an hour or so today because I was sitting and marvelling at this wine and wondering how the hell I could do it justice in words. Some wines are better than the person writing about them. This wine pulls out the spice box and throws it at you, the fortunate thing being that the box wasn’t full and so what hits you seems reasonable. There are red licorice notes, red and black cherry, sandalwood, potpourri, an assortment of dry, roasted spices, a musky-vanillin-strawberry-shake note, and a peppercorn aspect. The way the flavours here volley through the palate, and the way it feels dry in the face of its own ripeness, and the way it then pulls a film of firm tannin right back through the wine – is all both magnificent and elite."
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Unfiltered | Unfined | Vegan
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Production: 1,300 bottles produced under Diam Origine.
ABV: 14.1%
Accolades:
97 points Marcus Ellis for Halliday Wine Companion & Special Value rosette
96 points Campbell Mattinson for The Wine Front
95 points Huon Hooke for The Real Review
95 points David Sly for Decanter
"(G)loriously fragrant and complex, invested with depth and absent of heft. A swirl of red florals, souk spices, sandalwood, cranberry, sour cherry and umeboshi. The whole bunch adds savouriness, detail, lift and finely etched tannin, but knits in so quietly, with effortless integration. It’s a wine that makes me want to linger over the nose, so captivating is the fragrance. But it’s equally good on the palate, trailing long, the flavour fanning out expansively. Superb." - Marcus Ellis
"Medium-deep red-purple; lovely sweet raspberry/cherry fruit laced with mixed spices and iodine, with some complexing earthy/tarry and ironstone touches. Intense sweet fruit backed by emery-like tannins that dry the finish. Very smart Grenache" - Huon Hooke
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Discover Brini Single Site Chenin Blanc 2024 from McLaren Vale's best vineyards in Blewitt Springs. Premium Australian white wine, abundant with terroir expression.
Aphelion began with Grenache. Our focus is Grenache. Our future is Grenache. And the white variety we champion is Chenin Blanc.
Guided by the deft and gentle hands of Rob Mack it sings of its' purity and place.
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"Beautifully refined and elegant" - Marcus Ellis for Halliday Wine Companion
"(A) perfumed finish of excellent length, some lemon zest in the aftertaste. Complex and composed." - Gary Walsh for The Wine Front
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Sourced from the 52 year old house block owned by the Brini family since we first produced Chenin Blanc in 2019.
Golden apple, white pear, green melon, and fennel seed, with subtle oak notes from its Stockinger puncheon. It has a chiselled, mineral texture, and is electrified by bright, natural acidity. Reserved in its youth, it promises excellent complexity and length with more time in the bottle.
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Production: 600 bottles produced under Diam Origine.
ABV: 13.5%
Accolades:
96 points Marcus Ellis for Halliday Wine Companion
94 points David Sly for Decanter
93+points Campbell Mattinson for The Wine Front
"This may be McLaren Vale’s, indeed the country’s, top-priced chenin blanc. But why not?...Beautifully refined and elegant, oak a calm chaperone, with golden apple, white pear, fennel seed, a little oatmeal and a maritime thing, lit up with oyster shells and sea breezes. It’s chiselled, mineral, subtly textural and electrified by ripe, natural acidity. Lovely. Only 600 bottles made." - Marcus Ellis for Halliday Wine Companion
"(A) perfumed finish of excellent length, some lemon zest in the aftertaste. Complex and composed. It does show a bit of oak scaffolding, though it’s very nice oak mind you, and will almost certainly improve with more time in bottle." - Gary Walsh for The Wine Front
"Lovely finish. Will be excellent in time." - Campbell Mattinson for The Wine Front
"(S)oft, round and flavoursome in its youth, with more to show in the future. The finish is crisp and refreshing with appley acidity and crunch. Slightly coconutty. This needs more time." - Huon Hooke for The Real Review
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Something old is new again. And also old.
Back for a good time, not a long time is the NB Grenache 2024.
The wine that kept us guessing… and which told its own story.
Named for its evolving aromas, flavours that changed every time Rob tasted it, and yes… it overflowed its fermenter!
A wine with a mind of its own.
A one of a kind, a one off, well now the name comes alive again. A worthy recipient of the "Naughty Boy" moniker.
100 cases.
100 year old vines.
$220 a dozen.
Meet NB Grenache 2024
Tasting Note:
Black cherry. Star anise. 1/4 teaspoon of crushed blueberries.
Then sniff again.
The back of nanna's dried herb cupboard.
Another sniff.
Bright raspberry and cranberry!
Told you it's a chameleon.
It tastes like early summer in the early afternoon. The BBQ is on, the friends are on the deck chairs while the kids shout from the trampoline and the dog drools every time someone pops cheese and cracker in their mouth.
It's juicy with raspberry, supported by dark undertones and a welcome lick of tannin.
Honestly, at $220 a dozen for a Rob Mack made Grenache, from 100 year old vines in Blewitt Springs, why on earth wouldn't you add to cart?!
Goes With Food: Grilled lamb cutlets with rosemary, wood-fired pizza, charred capsicum & haloumi skewers, or anything shared straight from the BBQ plate before it reaches the table.
Goes With Cheese: Vintage cheddar, aged Manchego, or a creamy D’Affinois — bonus points if there are crackers and you’re eating standing up, chatting, distracted.
Goes With Music: Culture Club – Karma Chameleon.
Goes With Life: When you are smiling and the sun is shining.
Serve At: 16-18 degrees Celsius.
When to Drink: Enjoy now. Or make an experiment and see how it evolves. It has the acid and tannin to evolve over time.
ABV%: 13.5%
Unfiltered | Unfined | Vegan
Buy the NB Grenache by Aphelion 2024 by 12 bottle case.
From $28.00 /Per Bottle
The Welkin Grenache By Aphelion 2024 is part of our special range of vibrant, early release, ready to enjoy, but delightfully complex wines.
We like to call the Welkin Grenache "furiously aromatic".
It fairly leaps out of the glass at you!
Delicately hand picked with 50% from a 20 year old Grenache vineyard towards the sea in Whites Valley and 50% from the hilly, sandy Blewitt Springs.
Revel in this wine's light body, heady spiciness and juicy acidity.
Meet Welkin Grenache
Tasting Note: Beautifully intense purple colour. Pure fruited aromas of redcurrant and cinnamon follow through on to the palate with fresh acidity keeping the wine lively and
vibrant. A small percentage of whole bunch fermentation in the wine adds a savoury element and herbal notes. The Welkin Grenache is a light bodied wine that works very well in an aperitivo setting.
Goes With Food: Perfect with light tapas or light to medium bodied cuisine.
Goes With Cheese: Fresh chevre matches this wine’s youthful vibrancy.
Goes With Music: Jake Bugg – Lightning Bolt.
Goes With Life: A great wine to kick off with, it’s light body keeps the drinkability factor high.
Serve At: 16-18 degrees Celsius.
When to Drink: Ready to drink now whilst it retains it’s youthful vibrancy but will drink well over the next 5 – 8 years.
ABV%: 13%
Unfiltered | Unfined | Vegan
Select between a 6 bottle pack or 12 bottle case to Buy the Welkin Grenache by Aphelion 2024.
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Discover the Aphelion Reserve Mixed Pack. Five of the best McLaren Vale Grenache & Chenin Blanc single vineyard wines. Elegant, savoury and made for unforgettable moments.
Aphelion began with Grenache. Our focus is Grenache. And the white variety we champion is Chenin Blanc.
Presenting our five most exceptional McLaren Vale Reserve Range wines. Each highlights the diversity, beauty, and the terroirs of McLaren Vale. Guided by the deft and gentle hands of Rob Mack, they sing of their purity and place.
Extremely limited production.
"Memserisingly good, world class wines of imitable character." - Marcus Ellis for Halliday Wine Companion
A single pack to sample, taste and compare all five Reserve Range wines in one Reserve Range Mixed Pack.
This is the best way for you to discover the breadth of flavour possible from McLaren Vale.
Enjoy together with close friends or family, music playing, and with something delicious to eat. That's what memories are made of.
Each 5 bottle case includes:
1 x bottle Rapture Grenache 2024 RRP @ $150
1 x bottle Brini Single Vineyard Chenin Blanc 2024 RRP @ $90
1 x bottle Brini Single Vineyard Grenache 2024 RRP @ $90
1 x bottle Wait Single Vineyard Grenache 2023 RRP @ $90
1 x bottle Hickinbotham Single Vineyard Grenache 2024 RRP @ $90
Pack price: $500 (save $10).
About The Wines
Rapture Grenache 2024 Rapture is the best of vintage. The pinnacle of what we can produce with Grenache.
97 points Erin Larkin for Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
97 points Marcus Ellis for Halliday Wine Companion
96 points David Sly for Decanter
96 points Huon Hooke for The Real Review
96 points Gary Walsh for The Wine Front
Brini Single Vineyard Grenache 2024 The lightest and most aromatic wine in the range, dark plum fruits dominate with earth and forest floor characters to create a wine of depth and richness. Sandy based loam soils provide fruit that gives intensity and a brooding edge.
95+ Erin Larkin for Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
95 points Marcus Ellis for Halliday Wine Companion
Wait Single Vineyard Grenache 2023 The most structural and savoury wine in the range, brooding in character with earth and briary characters dominating the palate.
96 points Erin Larkin for Robert Parker Wine Advocate
96 points Ryan Montgomery for James Suckling
95 points Marcus Ellis for Halliday Wine Companion
94 points Huon Hooke The Real Review
NB: Wait Single Site Grenache 2024 is now sold out as at 28/08/2026
Hickinbotham Single Vineyard Grenache 2024 The lightest and most aromatic wine in the range, red fruits mingle with herbal briar characters to create a wine of freshness and depth.
97 points Marcus Ellis for Halliday Wine Companion Special Value
96 points Campbell Mattison for The Wine Front
95 points David Sly for Decanter
95 points Huon Hooke for The Real Review
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Old Vine Grenache from Blewitt Springs | Single Site | 3 Years of Bottle Age
We've been waiting for Wait.
Some wines need time.
Not because they're difficult.
Because there's more to discover.
The 2023 Wait Single Site Grenache has now spent three years in bottle, and you can feel the difference.
It's settling into itself.
Uncoiling.
Revealing the layers that were always there.
Turned earth. Root vegetable. Dark cherry. Saline savouriness. Fine, persistent tannin.
This is the most structural and savoury wine in our Grenache range.
And it's a beautiful expression of what happens when an exceptional old site, extraordinary fruit and patient winemaking are allowed to speak for themselves.
Why Wait?
Aphelion began with Grenache.
Our focus is Grenache.
Our future is Grenache.
And our Single Site Grenache project is about getting closer to the place where the wine begins.
Because vineyards can be big.
Really big.
A single vineyard can contain different blocks, different varieties, different vine ages, different aspects and different expressions of the land.
We wanted to go further.
Beyond single vineyard. To single site.
A singular block inside a vineyard.
A specific place.
A particular expression of Grenache.
That's where Wait comes from.
The Wait Site
The fruit for Wait comes from the Top Bush block on the Wait family vineyard in the north-eastern corner of Blewitt Springs, McLaren Vale.
This block was planted in the mid-1940s.
It is dry grown, producing small berries with intense flavour and prominent tannin.
Those old vines and the character of the site give Wait its distinctive personality:
Structural. Savoury. Brooding. Long.
It is Grenache with a darker, earthier side.
From Remarkable Sites, Not Just Famous Names
We work closely with our growers, who farm sustainably, organically and/or biodynamically to produce extraordinary fruit.
Because for us, provenance isn't just a name on a label.
It's the people who farm the vines.
The decisions made in the vineyard.
The age of the vines.
The block itself.
And the sense of place that ultimately finds its way into the glass.
That's what we're trying to capture with our Single Site Grenaches.
As only Grenache can do, they reveal the character of where they're grown.
What You'll Actually Taste
Deeply coloured with an intense purple hue.
The aromatics are savoury rather than overtly fruity.
Turned earth. Root vegetable. Dark cherry.
They're subtle at first, but there's real depth underneath.
Then the palate arrives.
Firm.
Savoury.
With a slightly saline edge that carries right through the wine.
The tannin is the most prominent feature of the three Single Site Grenaches. It comes in waves, carrying that savoury character across the palate with remarkable length.
This is the longest palate of the three.
And that structure is exactly why it works so beautifully with rich food — and why it will benefit from further time in the cellar.
Three Years in Bottle. Now Beginning to Uncoil.
We waited for Wait.
The 2023 vintage was bottled in May 2024, and it has now had three years to settle into itself.
Young Grenache can be exuberant.
With time, the wine starts to reveal another side.
Tannin becomes more integrated.
Savoury characters gain depth.
The different elements begin to knit together.
That's where Wait is now.
It's beginning to uncoil.
Ready to drink, but with plenty more to reveal.
Enjoy now, or follow its evolution through to 2034.
100% Grenache. 100% Whole Bunch.
The fruit was hand-picked on 4 April 2023 and processed as a 100% whole-bunch ferment.
After a slow, cool ferment, the fruit was pressed to large-format neutral French oak, where it remained on full lees until racking for bottling in May 2024.
Why whole bunch?
Because for a wine like Wait, structure and savoury character are part of the point.
The whole bunch ferment contributes to the wine's distinctive shape and tannin, while the large-format neutral oak allows the site and fruit to remain at the centre of the story.
At a Glance
- Variety: 100% Grenache
- Region: Blewitt Springs, McLaren Vale, South Australia
- Site: Top Bush Block, Wait Vineyard
- Vine Age: 81 years old bush vines
- Farming: Dry grown
- Winemaking: 100% whole bunch ferment
- Oak: Large-format neutral French oak
- ABV: 14.4%
- Closure: Cork
- Production: Just 210 six-packs
- Serve: 16–18°C
- Drink: Now through 2034
- Unfiltered | Unfined | Vegan
Made For You
This wine was made for you if…
You'd rather discover a site than a famous label.
You want to know where your wine came from — right down to the block.
You prefer savoury complexity to obvious fruit.
Turned earth, briar, spice and structure make you lean in rather than reach for something sweeter.
You appreciate old vines.
You understand that vines planted in the mid-1940s have a story worth tasting.
You're building a serious cellar.
You'd rather buy fewer bottles with provenance than more bottles without it.
You order the interesting bottle at the restaurant.
Not necessarily the most famous. The one with a story.
You believe some of the best wines are worth waiting for.
Wait 2023 isn't trying to be everything to everyone.
It's for people who notice.
Critics Noticed Too
- 96 points — Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate
- 95 points — Marcus Ellis, Halliday Wine Companion
- 94 points — Huon Hooke, The Real Review
- 94 points — Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
Huon Hooke called it:
“Very attractive grenache.”
And the other reviews reinforce what we love about this wine: its structure, savoury character, depth and sense of place.
Goes With Food
Sausage and thyme ragu.
The richness of the dish is exactly what this wine's structure is made for.
Goes With Cheese
Crèmeux d'Argental and fruit crackers.
The creamy texture of the cheese provides a beautiful counterpoint to Wait's savoury tannin.
Goes With Music
Beast of Burden — The Rolling Stones.
Goes With Life
Sharing a bottle with good friends.
Or settling into a good book when you don't want the evening to end quite yet.
How to Get the Best From Wait 2023
Don't rush it.
Serve at 16–18°C.
Open the bottle and give it time to breathe.
Pour a glass.
Come back to it after 15 minutes.
Then 30.
Notice how the wine changes.
With three years of bottle age already behind it, Wait is beginning to reveal itself — but its structure means there's no need to finish the bottle in one sitting.
It's a wine worth spending an evening with.
Wait vs Confluence
Not sure which Aphelion Grenache to choose?
| Wait Single Site 2023 | Confluence 2025 | |
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| Style | Structural, savoury, brooding | Complex, aromatic, vibrant |
| Origin | One specific site — the Top Bush Block | A confluence of McLaren Vale vineyard sites |
| Character | Earth, root vegetable, dark cherry, saline savouriness | Raspberry, cranberry, wild strawberry, olive and briar |
| Best for | Cellaring, rich food, contemplative drinking | Entertaining, dinner parties and immediate enjoyment |
| Choose it if... | You love savoury, earthy, structured Grenache | You want vibrant, layered, highly drinkable Grenache |
Or don't choose.
Taste them side by side.
That's the whole point of the Single Site project — to experience how different places can make Grenache speak differently.
Why Buy Wait Single Site Grenache 2023?
- Because you want to explore McLaren Vale Grenache at site level.
- Because these vines were planted in the mid-1940s.
- Because the Top Bush block is dry grown and produces small berries with intense flavour and prominent tannin.
- Because you prefer savoury, earthy and structural Grenache.
- Because it's had three years in bottle to settle, integrate and begin uncoiling.
- Because it has received 96, 95, 94 and 94 point reviews.
- Because only 210 six-packs were produced.
- Because provenance matters to you.
- Because you believe remarkable old vines deserve to be protected and celebrated.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does “Single Site” mean?
Single Site means we go beyond the idea of a single vineyard to identify a specific block within that vineyard. A vineyard can be very large, with multiple blocks planted to different varieties and managed in different ways. Our Wait Grenache comes from one singular block — the Top Bush block on the Wait family vineyard in Blewitt Springs.
Why do you call it Single Site rather than Single Vineyard?
Because we think “Single Site” tells the story more accurately. A vineyard can contain many different blocks, varieties and expressions of the land. We want to take you closer to the actual place the fruit comes from: one specific site within a vineyard. For Wait, that's the Top Bush block.
Why does site matter so much for Grenache?
We believe Grenache is particularly expressive of where it is grown. Working closely with growers who farm sustainably, organically and/or biodynamically allows us to source extraordinary fruit that carries a distinct sense of place from each site.
How old are the Wait vines?
The Top Bush block was planted in the mid-1940s. The vines are dry grown and produce small berries with intense flavour and prominent tannin.
What does Wait Grenache 2023 taste like?
Wait is the most structural and savoury wine in the Aphelion Grenache range. It has deeply coloured fruit, savoury aromatics of turned earth, root vegetable and dark cherry, with a firm, slightly saline palate and tannin that carries the wine across the palate with great length.
What does three years of bottle age do to the wine?
Time in bottle allows the tannin, fruit and savoury characters to integrate and develop greater complexity. The 2023 Wait is now beginning to settle into itself and uncoil, revealing more of the depth and detail within the wine.
Is Wait Grenache ready to drink now?
Yes. The 2023 vintage is ready to enjoy now and will continue to evolve through to 2034.
What is whole bunch fermentation?
For Wait 2023, 100% of the fruit was fermented as whole bunches. After a slow, cool ferment, it was pressed to large-format neutral French oak and matured on full lees. The approach contributes to the wine's structure and savoury character while allowing the site to remain at the forefront.
Is Wait Grenache vegan?
Yes. Wait 2023 is unfiltered, unfined and vegan.
How much Wait 2023 was produced?
Just 210 six-packs were produced, making this a genuinely limited release.
What should I eat with Wait Grenache?
The wine's structure and savoury character make it particularly well suited to rich dishes such as sausage and thyme ragu, as well as other hearty, slow-cooked dishes.
Has Wait Grenache 2023 received critic reviews?
Yes. The 2023 Wait received 96 points from Erin Larkin for The Wine Advocate, 95 points from Marcus Ellis for Halliday Wine Companion, 94 points from Huon Hooke for The Real Review and 94 points from Gary Walsh for The Wine Front.
Buy Wait Single Site Grenache 2023
Three years in bottle. One extraordinary block. 210 six-packs.
Wait 2023 has been waiting.
Now it's ready to reveal itself.
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The Aphelion Grenache Project
Aphelion began with Grenache.
Our focus is Grenache.
Our future is Grenache.
And our Single Site project takes that obsession one step further.
We don't just want to tell you that a wine comes from McLaren Vale.
We want to show you what happens when you get closer.
Closer to Blewitt Springs.
Closer to the Wait vineyard.
Closer still to the Top Bush block.
To old, dry-grown vines.
To the growers who care for them.
To the fruit.
To the place.
Because remarkable sites deserve to be known.
And sometimes, the best way to understand a place is to pour it into a glass.
Wait 2023 is ready.
Take your time.
Let it uncoil.
See where it takes you.
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The Welkin Sparkling Chenin Blanc By Aphelion 2021 is part of our brand new special range of vibrant, early release, ready to enjoy, but delightfully complex wines.
Our first sparkling wine.
Pale straw colour in the glass.
Aromatics of red apple and lemon curd lead to a palate that is fresh and vibrant.
Great mouthfeel and length of the palate.
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Goes With Food: Fresh oysters are a perfect match - the crispness and light body of the wine cut through the richness of the oyster perfectly.
Goes With Cheese: A high quality Parmesan will match the light brioche characters in the wine.
Goes With Music: Kanye – Ghost Town.
Goes With Life: Pop this wine to celebrate life’s best moments! Also a great start to any evening meal.
Serve At: 10-12 degrees Celsius.
When to Drink: Ready to drink now but will cellar well over the next 3 to 5 years.
ABV%: 11.5%
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