2024 Gentle Folk Onkaparinga Valley Sangiovese

Gareth Belton is a serious Sangiovese lover. He thinks it's one of the best suited varieties for the Adelaide Hills. And this, his best expression of the grape, from the Turnbull Vineyard in Charleston might be one of his most compelling releases yet.

The fruit comes from the highest, rockiest part of the site, where 27-year-old vines grow in sandy loam and sandstone soils. It’s a tough environment that delivers intensity, structure and a natural sense of tension in the wine. The 2024 release follows on from last year’s debut, this time with a little more flesh and generosity while still holding that beautiful lift and drive that defines Gentle Folk’s reds.

Fermented with 100% destemmed fruit and aged in a mix of terracotta amphora and French oak, it’s a Sangiovese full of character and texture - bright red cherry, blood orange and spice layered over fine, chalky tannins. There’s focus, length and a savoury edge that makes it a brilliant table wine now, with the bones to age gracefully too.

96 points
"A great sangiovese with remarkable complexity and purity..."
- Ryan Montgomery (James Suckling)