Previous Vintages

Grosset Gaia 2018 Clare Valley – 7,500 bottles produced Wine specifications Ageing potential: up to 20 yearsSite: Grosset Gaia Vineyard, Clare Valley, the highest (and coolest) vineyard in the region. Two-hectare, east facing site. (ACO Certified Organic)Fruit Flavours: Brambly aromas, blackcurrant, black plumProfile: Harmonious, balanced, elegant, complexFining: Nil – suitable for vegans and vegetarians Date of Release: 1 March ...

This single vineyard blend of cabernet sauvignon and cabernet franc from the rugged slopes of Clare’s highest vineyard shows a consistency of style, yet is distinctly different with each vintage. They can be tight unevolved and lean, or powerful, rich and dense with a surprising immediacy yet there is a core that makes them recognisably ...

Clare Valley – 7,200 bottles produced Grosset Gaia is produced from cabernet sauvignon and cabernet franc grown at the rocky, isolated, wind-swept two-hectare Grosset Gaia Vineyard. This tiny hand-tended vineyard planted 33 years ago produces reds with an amazing consistency of fruit flavours and style. The 2016 Grosset Gaia has voluminous perfumes of blackcurrant, bramble and briar ...

Clare Valley – 6,000 bottles produced More so than most Australian single site wines, the Grosset Gaia 2015 reflects its origins on a rugged windswept hillsite at Clare’s highest altitude. The tiny hand-tended vineyard planted to two hecatares of cabernet sauvignon and cabernet franc 32 years ago produces reds with an amazing consistency of fruit flavours ...

Clare Valley – 800 dozen produced This 25th release of Grosset Gaia is produced from cabernet sauvignon and cabernet franc grown at the rocky, isolated, wind-swept two hectare Grosset Gaia Vineyard. There are restrained, brooding almost briary, aromatics with violet notes; fine structure with a firm backbone and pleasing supple blackcurrant and bramble flavours; well-integrated, gently gripping tannins ...

Clare Valley – 600 dozen produced This 24th release of Grosset Gaia is one of the smallest in volume due to the Gaia Vineyard rejuvenation program. It is a blend of cabernet sauvignon and cabernet franc from a rocky, isolated, wind-swept two hectare block close planted by Grosset in 1986. In 2013, there are subtle floral aromatics with ...

Clare Valley – Only 600 dozen produced This 23rd release of Grosset Gaia is also one of the smallest in volume, due to the Gaia vineyard rejuvenation program. An outstanding Gaia from an outstanding Clare Valley vintage. This single vineyard red is a blend of cabernet sauvignon and cabernet franc from a rocky, isolated, wind-swept two hectare ...

The Gaia Vineyard, the highest in the Clare Valley, consists of two hectares of cabernet sauvignon and cabernet franc. This strikingly beautiful site is an extremely challenging one. Hard red rock predominates, with rocky outcrops breaking through the earth, ruling out inter-row cropping and weed control through tillage. Instead, native grasses and clovers are allowed ...

The Gaia Vineyard is named after James Lovelock’s original book (Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth). Lovelock proposed the Gaia Hypothesis, now Gaia Theory, that the Earth is a single organism, reliant on the complexity and diversity of its species to maintain ecological health. Grosset Gaia 2010 Only 900 dozen produced   (Sold Out) This is another ...

The Gaia Vineyard is named after James Lovelock’s original book (Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth). Lovelock proposed the Gaia Hypothesis, now Gaia Theory, that the Earth is a single organism, reliant on the complexity and diversity of its species to maintain ecological health.   Grosset Gaia 2009 Only 900 dozen produced. This is an ...

Grosset Gaia “Gaia is one of the most astonishing vineyards you’ll see. Planted at 570 metres, at the highest point of the Clare Valley, the vineyard is an elongated triangular wedge of emerald green that sits above the rolling golden cornfields of the Clare Valley. Named after James Lovelock’s books, Gaia is a metaphor for ...

Grosset Gaia 2007 The 2007 Grosset Gaia is less austere than the 2006 ‘Gaia’ and more like the relatively approachable 2005. There’s a generosity to this wine that is unusual at such a young age, although this is accompanied by that powerful, deep, ultra-concentrated blackcurrant and briary flavours that is characteristic of the wine. As usual, it’s ...

Grosset Gaia 2006 After a Gaia that was more approachable at a younger age from the 2005 vintage, it’s back to the more austere, structured, densely packed red with which we are familiar in 2006. As usual, it’s a wine that speaks loudly of its site – the rugged, austere moonscape of the Grosset Gaia vineyard ...

Grosset Gaia 2005 They will be wondering whether Jeff Grosset has gone soft. They will want to know ‘is age catching up with the master of austerity?’ ‘What’s this with a cuddly cabernet?’ the wine lovers of Adelaide, Amsterdam, Anaheim and Accrington will be wondering. The 2005 Grosset ‘Gaia’ is back to the usual blend of ...

Grosset Gaia 2004 In 2004, the Grosset Gaia blend has returned to its more typical mix of varieties – cabernet sauvignon (70%), cabernet franc (25%) and merlot (5%) and is from Grosset’s austere Gaia vineyard high on the slopes of a windswept hill in Clare. This is likely to be a great Gaia and shows wonderful immediacy ...

Grosset Gaia 2003 The blend of the 2003 Grosset Gaia has a touch more merlot and bit less cabernet franc than usual – cabernet sauvignon (75%), cabernet franc (15%) and merlot (10%) – and is sourced from Grosset’s windswept Gaia vineyard in the Clare Valley. All components spent sixteen months in French oak barrique, 50 per ...

Grosset Gaia 2002 Still a pup! An excellent vintage for Gaia but offering the consumer much the same dilemma that it did when it was first released. As then, this is a very approachable Gaia: soft in the mid-palate with silky smooth texture offering a hint that it is mellowing. However it is tightly structured with ...

Grosset Gaia 2001 The 2001 Grosset Gaia may appear quite imposing at first sniff. It is a powerful brooding red with briary, cassis and dark plum aromas – and more than a touch of austerity. The palate, however, is a joy being surprisingly supple and velvety for this wine which is usually tight and relatively restrained ...

Grosset Gaia 2000 The 2000 Grosset Gaia is a complex, tightly framed red which appears quite closed and austere at present but will improve with even short term cellaring. At present, it needs aeration and time to breathe before tasting: decanting or double decanting will give it the opportunity to open up. This Gaia has smokey, ...

Grosset Gaia 1999 The 1999 Grosset Gaia has perfumed ripe, dark plum and black cherry aromas with some cedary oak notes, is supple and smoothly textured, has a characteristic tight structure, and some cassis, black plum and dark chocolate flavours with spicy, briary overtones. These attractive primary fruit characters are made more complex by the savoury ...