Agent Provocateur
Grenache Frontignac Malbec Viognier 2024 - NEW VINTAGE
55% Grenache | 21% Frontignac | 18% Malbec | 6% Viognier
An ‘agent provocateur’ provokes others into illegal acts! A fitting name for this intriguing rule breaker that defies all winemaking conventions. Not a red wine, nor a white, nor a rosé. Its appearance suggests a light red, yet it is jam packed with aromatic white fruits, along with lashings of plumpy raspberry Grenache. Chill it down for refreshment or drink at room temperature – there are no rules here.
Winemaker's Notes
Primary colours are blended to make an array of many other colours. When we lay out the parts of the Agent the strong character of each base wine is like a primary colour – there’s something very special about the various shades of flavour that come to light when we blend these parts.
Bouquet & Palate
Rosewater, pomegranate jelly babies, grenadine and hyssop. Fresh blackberry, blueberry, and blackcurrant luxuriate. These intense scents bathed in sandalwood incense smoke. An elegant aniseed note poses against a backdrop of vanilla pod, tar, and hibiscus. The compote palate lingers; limber, lithe, and alive. Light despite the profusion of perfume.
Food Match
Tea Smoked Duck with plum sauce, or Mixed mushroom 5-spice steamed buns.
Technical Details
- Type: Red
- Varietal: Blend
- Region: South Australia
- Vintage: 2024
- Cellaring Recommendation: Now through to 2 years
- Alcohol: 14.4
- pH: 3.46
- TA: 6
- RS: 2.5 G/L
- Vegan Friendly: Yes