Turon Project Grenache 2020

Turon White grew up in rural New South Wales — his parents were wheat farmers — and moved to the Adelaide Hills with the family as a teenager. He graduated with a Bachelor of Oenology (Honours) from Adelaide University in 2010 and spent the following years working in commercial winemaking before launching Turon Wines with his wife Alex. The label is first-generation, with both partners building the operation from scratch rather than inheriting an existing estate.

In 2017 the Whites built a small winery in Lenswood, the elevated cool-climate subregion of the Adelaide Hills that suits Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc. In 2020 they planted a low-yielding, high-density estate vineyard. The winemaking philosophy is minimal-intervention and the wines are vegan-friendly. The Artist Range, a sequence of single-varietal expressions with rotating contemporary artwork, is the label's mid-tier; the Blanc de Blanc is the headline sparkling wine, made from Adelaide Hills Chardonnay in the traditional method.

Roast lamb, charcuterie, paella, mushroom-led dishes; a working Australian Grenache for cellar lists.