ELMIE Grenache Rose - LIMITED RELEASE
2024 • 750ml • 14.0%
- South Africa > Piekenierskloof
- Grenache Noir
- Harissa chicken thighs
This is a complex rose - and yes they do exist. A flinty, rose smoke nose, with underlying strawberry and cream backbone. The palate has energy, makes you sit to attention with salty strawberry and basil notes.
COLIN'S NOTE
Do you know that clear bottles are bad for wines? So this is in a dark bottle to protect the delicate notes.
IN SHORT
Limited release, beautiful grenache-pink
ELMIE
Husband-and-wife duo Etienne and Lizanda Terblanche are behind the tiny but mighty Maison Terblanche, possibly the smallest rosé specialist in South Africa. Their mission? To flip the script on Pinotage and show its elegant, refreshing side. Etienne comes armed with a PhD in Pinotage and a background in his family’s seaside bistro, while Lizanda swapped human biology and floristry for life among the vines. Together they’re crafting pale, delicate, quietly characterful rosés that carry all the verve of Stellenbosch’s granitic soils – wines full of soul, story and subtle beauty.
