McLaren Vale Grenache: Giles Cooke MW, Thistledown Wines

In the second instalment of this three-part series, I chat with Giles Cooke MW, the winemaker and owner of Thistledown Wines. We're at the winemaking facility in the Adelaide Hills, and I ask Giles to explain some more about the terroir of McLaren Vale, and whole bunch in these wines - what it looks like, and what it does to the wines longterm. - Link to the first part in this series:    • McLaren Vale Grenache: Toby Bekkers, Bekke...   - 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - McLaren Vale Terroir 2:05 - Blewitt Springs deep sands 3:52 - Whole bunch, tannins and shape 7:40 - Vertical Sands of Time - how the fruit morphs over time - I recently tasted over 270 red wines from South Australia (to the exclusion of Cabernet, Shiraz and Pinot), with a focus on McLaren Vale Grenache, and what makes it so special. All of the scores and tasting notes are available for subscribers on https://www.robertparker.com - Any review you see on my socials (  / erinllarkin  , this channel and my website (https://www.erinlarkin.com.au) are never paid for by wineries or anyone else: the wines are featured on their merits - because they have risen to the top in tastings. If you try the wines I recommend and you like them - good! Because so do I.