GRECO
Greco is a fine, aromatic, firm, late-ripening white from Campania on the south coast of Italy, which we think is well suited to our environment. This golden-hued beauty boasts hints of tangerine, white jasmine, caraway, and cashew nut. With flavours of summer; ginger, apple, and pear, briny and waxy, grapefruit pith, fine tannin grip, limey acidity, saline, and savoury. Mouth-watering and perfect for warm weather and sharing with friends.
Reviews of the 2024 Greco:
91 points, Marcus Ellis, Halliday Wine Companion, December 2024:
As with last year, this saw a couple of hours in the press before the free run was drained to tank for a cool ferment; maturation was in old French oak. The deeply golden colour presages a deeply flavoured and textural – slightly oily perhaps, but not overly – wine on a foundation of pithy, pear-like granular tannins and taut acidity. Baked apple and quince, ripe Bosc pear, mustard fruits, ground ginger and mace. It’s juicy and fruitful, but kind of savoury, too.
92 points, SA Wine Guide 2025, Shanteh Wale:
How exciting it is to see a Greco grown on the alluvial sandy site of Hither & Yon’s home vineyard in the Vale. On fine lees for 30 days, transferred to puncheons and 10% through malolactic fermentation. A garden of yellow stone fruits, chamomile, beeswax and honeysuckle. A sweep of kumquat citrus acidity followed by ground cumin, dukkah and white pepper. A touch of brûlée bitters. Such a wine of intrigue and interest, and a great fit for the white wine spectrum of the Vale. Drink now.
Reviews of the 2023 Greco:
93 Points, Marcus Ellis, Halliday Wine Companion, February 2024:
This, saw two hours in the press to ‘enhance’ the mid-palate while also picking up plenty of golden colour. Cool fermentation in tank followed by six months’ maturation in old chardonnay barrels with 10% mlf. Russet apple, Bosc pear skin, raw quince, dried ginger and tangelo pair with a briny and waxy savouriness. There’s ample grip here, making it feel more skin influenced than it is, but the pithy pitch is spot on, working with spirited acidity to add savoury food-friendly intent to the characterful flavour arc.
Reviews of the 2022 Greco:
16.5++, Max Allen, Jancis Robinson, October 2023:
This, the first proper crop of Greco for Hither & Yon, was the last variety they picked in McLaren Vale in 2022 – and still had such high acid that they put the wine through malo and lees-stirred in old barrels for six months to build richness. Looks a little developed, quite golden in the glass (typical of Greco), with textural savoury layers, some mandarin-peel-like waxiness, a delicious combination of richness and underlying citrus cut that should develop in a really interesting way in bottle.
Gary Walsh, The Wine Front, March 2023:
A new wine for H&Y, from vines planted in 2019, but gee, they are doing well. A few hours on skins and then into old wood for malo and lees stirring. Brassy colour. Nutty, saline, floral, tangerine and nashi pear. It’s spicy and offers dusty white pepper tannin, a little nutty/pastry richness, but plenty of juicy tangerine acidity, and a saline finish that’s refreshing and gently grippy. What a great debut. Highly recommended.
Tony Love, InDaily, February 2023:
This wine comes specifically from Sand Road, the southern Italian variety clearly loving its new home. It’s gold to light orange toned, bright and shiny – not cloudy – and is all toast and butter, roasted nuts as well with a slice in there of mandarin peel. The standout here is the textural palate, minerally and tangy with fabulous mouth-watering pithy, peppery tannins. Virtually impossible to describe the finish as it’s impossible to resist a second glass. A wonderful surprise, and will change the white wine game for trad sauvignon or chardonnay drinkers.
