Tonic Wines is a small batch project being undertaken by two friends with similarly nerdy wine habits. Glenn is an experienced winemaker with genuinely practical skills…actually quite a lot of them. Dan’s background is in wine drinking, talking and educating and after a recent stint as a wine-stained cellar hand he now knows about ‘righty-tighty, lefty loosey’ but that’s about it. Tonic doesn’t really believe in boring wine. It’s a waste of time for your senses and deprives you of a memorable experience. Don’t short change yourself; life is too short. Only drink wine that makes you want to have a second glass. 

A change from their single region of Clare Valley to now include some McLaren Vale fruit. Tonic Grenache 2020 vintage has dark red berries and a crunchy aromatic almost amaro like aroma. The texture and depth is classic Tonic in style. Flavour without overpowering the tannins lead and juicy fruit follows. Left on skins for nearly a month, pressed in older oak, unsulphured.

The Finer Details
Style - Red Wine
Varietal - Grenache
Country - Australia
Region - McLaren Vale & Clare Valley, South Australia
Vintage - 2020
Bottle Size - 750ml
ABV - 13.4%