2023 Inkwell Yellow Grillo
2023 Inkwell Yellow Grillo

2023 Inkwell Yellow Grillo

Inkwell |McLaren Vale |Grillo
An energetic, textural white that brings a fresh, salty edge to McLaren Vale’s wine scene - easy drinking but thought-provoking all at once.
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Grillo isn’t exactly the first grape you think of when it comes to McLaren Vale, but that’s the point. Dudley Brown and Dr. Irina Santiago-Brown ripped out a chunk of Shiraz to plant this Sicilian white, betting big on the idea that their coastal site could bring something different to the table. Judging by this inaugural release, it was a smart move.

Organically grown, with a bit of skin contact for texture, and aged in concrete egg-shaped tanks, this is a white wine with real personality. It’s all about salty tang, zesty citrus, and a chalky texture that keeps things tight and fresh. It’s unfined, unfiltered, and unapologetically raw, but it still feels polished and complete.

Perfect for long, lazy lunches or as a sharp reset between bites of seafood, it’s the kind of wine that feels like summer. One bottle won’t be enough.

94 points - "A textural salty white indeed. Has this beautiful, high tone. Alto voices flapping around with salt bush, dried seaweed, rock salt while drinking pitchers of real lemonade and green apple juice. It’s so frisky, so mouth-watering and palate resetting, you can feel the chisels of crystalline salinity invading every nook and cranny of the palate. Then, lightly chalky texture in a shroud across the palate and a zestiness to finish. It does complexity too? Impossible. No. Brilliant. This is one for a dozen purchase and busting out all summer." - Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)

93 points - "This is the first Inkwell estate release of the Sicilian grape. Prior, fruit was bought for the Dub Style bottling. Grillo is a few steps behind fiano in the region, but expressions like this are worthy encouragement to plant more. Unfined and unfiltered, this is nutty and saline with yellow-skinned citrus, hay, chamomile, dried apple and crystallised lemon peel. Skin contact, though light (‘days not weeks’), sits front and centre but without losing connection to fruit integrity. A finely textured, pithy, lemon barley water play across the lightweight palate is both refreshing and gastronomic." - Marcus Ellis (Halliday Wine Companion)

Grillo (GREE-low) is a white grape variety of Sicilian origin. While it is the principal grape used to make the famous fortified wine Marsala, as a still white wine many consider it a Pinot Grigio for the grown-ups. Ideally suited to our warming and drying vineyard with a south aspect, this is second estate release of this zingy and slightly textural wine and, as we thought, it’s better than the first release. As with most of our whites, the Grillo sees some time on skins to deepen the color and broaden the flavours for your enjoyment. This time, our Grillo was aged in a concrete egg-shaped tanks. Unfiltered, unfined.

Well, grillo seems apt for McLaren Vale, and here grown organically at Inkwell for this purpose. More the power to those who make seaside whites in a seaside wine region. I mean, shiraz and King George whiting might work for some, for the fetishists, but texture, salty whites, well… at Inkwell they removed 1.5 hectares of shiraz to plant this. It sees some skin contact during fermentation too, which is ideal really.

A textural salty white indeed. Has this beautiful, high tone. Alto voices flapping around with salt bush, dried seaweed, rock salt while drinking pitchers of real lemonade and green apple juice. It’s so frisky, so mouth-watering and palate resetting, you can feel the chisels of crystalline salinity invading every nook and cranny of the palate. Then, lightly chalky texture in a shroud across the palate and a zestiness to finish. It does complexity too? Impossible. No. Brilliant. This is one for a dozen purchase and busting out all summer.

Price Bracket $31 to $40
Type Amber
Variety Grillo
Country Australia
Region McLaren Vale
Reviewed By The Wine Front
Halliday Wine Companion
Critic Score 94
93
Alcohol 12%
Size 750ml
Vintage 2023
Closure Screw Cap

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