Graciano Wines

Graciano is a cheeky, less well known red grape that hails from Rioja in Spain. In Langhorne Creek however - where the grapes where this particular wine are grown - Graciano ends up as a big and bold, meaty wine that is full of chunky red fruit po...

Graciano is yet another Spanish red grape variety ArtWine specialize in. It's at the riper end of the scale, showing vibrant and heady black stone fruit aromas, with a touch of red cherry. The palate is medium-bodied and cherry flavoured with a li...

Medium to full purple/red colour. Green, aldehydic, underripe and oxidised smells. In the mouth, it's skinny, bony and under-fruited. Most unappealing.

Deepish red colour, slight purple edges. Dull, somewhat earthy, flat and lacks freshness on the nose. Earthy and chocolaty later. Slightly thick, chewy and grippy, but lacks fruit definition. Dense and weighty, but not much charm. Basically, the p...

Medium to deep purple/red colour. Somewhat raw, pepper spice aromas, fresh and bright, but rather shrill. Some green herbal and stalky notes, seems a tad unfinished. The palate is high acid, medium-weight and rather taut, firm and somewhat raw. Sl...

Light but bright colour; the bouquet and palate have a mix of small red berry fruits, spice and pepper; good length and balance.

Bright crimson, some purple; graciano is the magic ingredient, with its almost floral lift and finely boned mouthfeel, but it makes light work of the mataro and grenache, although the sweet fruit of the latter is also at play. Lively wine.

Won Best Red Mediterranean Style at the Melbourne Wine Show ‰11 (in the alternative style category, despite being planted by Ross Brown's grandfather John Francis Brown in the 1920s). Sold exclusively through the cellar door, it has abundant fruit...

Ignore the 2011 stereotypes, this is a first release wine that has been blessed by the season, to a place of freshness, delicacy and intrigue, defined by greengage plum, white pepper, rose petal, redcurrants and textural tannins.

The colour isn't bright or clear, but the fruit flavour underneath the spice and pepper is of plum/plum skin, and after the spices and tannins have moved on, reasserts itself on the finish and aftertaste. This variety is often overlooked, but ther...

Graciano is a cheeky, less well known red grape that hails from Rioja in Spain. In Langhorne Creek however - where the grapes where this particular wine are grown - Graciano ends up as a big and bold, meaty wine that is full of chunky red fruit po...

Aromas of black fruits with seductive oak influence. Oak dominates the palate - for now. 5+