Deep ruby red in the glass. Dark cherry, bouquet garni and smoked brisket aromas. Dark plums fill the mouth with a weight and intensity that demands attention. It sits in a deeper and richer framework than the nose would suggest, with anise and black olive notes adding complexity. Good length and the tannins are present through its flow.

92 points, The Real Review (June 2022)

Another fine Grenache from the Schild team, this time solely from the Kleeman Vineyard from a section planted in 1916. The process here is again hand harvesting, crushing into open top fermenters or large format oak for pre-fermentation cold soaking. Again, free run juice and pressings are kept separate and a combination of new and older oak barrels used for maturation of around a year. Bright crimson, with aromas of spices, bay leaves, red fruits noticeably raspberries, tobacco leaves and coffee grinds before warm earth on the palate with red currants. This is fresh, seamless, carried by bright acidity and offering very good length with silky/sandy Grenache tannins. This will impress over the next six to eight years – delicious.

93 points, Wine Pilot (May 2022)

Single-vineyard, bush-vine grenache from the Kleemann Vineyard (planted 1916/1926), hand picked, destemmed, aged for 12 months in large-format French oak (10% new). Vivid and vibrant Barossan grenache with characters of bright red plum fruits with hints of raspberry coulis, gingerbread, spice, purple flowers and cherry pastries. Bright, detailed and pretty as you like on the palate, with just a tug of tannin and lively acid drive. Great crunchy drinking.

93 points, Wine Companion (January 2022)

Another fine Grenache from the Schild team, this time solely from the Kleeman Vineyard from a section planted in 1916. The process here is again hand harvesting, crushing into open top fermenters or large format oak for pre-fermentation cold soaking. Again, free run juice and pressings are kept separate and a combination of new and older oak barrels used for maturation of around a year. Bright crimson, with aromas of spices, bay leaves, red fruits noticeably raspberries, tobacco leaves and coffee grinds before warm earth on the palate with red currants. This is fresh, seamless, carried by bright acidity and offering very good length with silky/sandy Grenache tannins. This will impress over the next six to eight years – delicious.

93 points, Wine Pilot (May 2022)

Deep ruby red in the glass. Dark cherry, bouquet garni and smoked brisket aromas. Dark plums fill the mouth with a weight and intensity that demands attention. It sits in a deeper and richer framework than the nose would suggest, with anise and black olive notes adding complexity. Good length and the tannins are present through its flow.

92 points, The Real Review (June 2022)