Grenache
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Paralian Marmont Vineyard Grenache 2024
$45.00Pale in the glass and engagingly savoury, feeling a little less up-front fruitful than the ’23 at the same stage, but certainly no less for it. More, perhaps. This is savoury, with pressed flowers, dried cranberry, damson and macerated cherries, warm stone, whole spices – fennel seed, clove, cardamom – and a little blood orange […]
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Ministry of Clouds Grenache 2024
$42.00Four bush-vine vineyards in Blewitt Springs, planted in 1930, ’39, ’40 and ’52 make up 49% of the blend, with the ’22-planted Smart vineyard in Clarendon the balance. A range of ferments, with 37% whole bunch in the final wine and up to six weeks on skins. Pale, pretty, savoury, complex. There’s such detail in […]
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Vanguardist Grenache 2023
$70.00“Vanguardist-farmed Rende vineyard bush vines, around 55 years old; 60% whole bunch, with about seven weeks on skins; matured in 2200L Slavonian oak. The cool vintage has its say. Refined, fragrant and elegant, but savoury and spicy, too. Distinct nebbiolo/nerello mascalese riffs, more the latter – an increasing theme at this address. Dried cranberry and […]
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Bulman Gary’s Vineyard Grenache 2024
$75.00“From the Springs Hill vineyard in Blewitt Springs, with the ’07-planted grenache grown by Gary Whaite. Pale in the glass, this is less effusively spicy than the ’23, somewhat coiled, but with more power behind it. A story of vintage. Power is misleading, though, as this is just so refined, rolling through sour red cherries, […]
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Bulman Glen’s Vineyard Grenache 2025
$78.00Stonegarden vineyard; 6% whole bunch, 65 days on skins, 172 days in a sandstone amphora. That time on skins adds a savoury layer, yet the fruit swells a little more generously in this warmer, drier year. Yet that’s academic. Here we are again; a dazzling wine of such precision, subtle detail, sense of place and […]
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Frederick Stevenson Grenache 2023
$35.00An awesome Barossa Grenache that stands apart from the pack. A compote of sweet red fruits layered with orange peel, earth, alpine herbs and sweet spice. Curvy and energetic, it carries a surprising sense of lightness despite its richness. Firm, fine tannins and a savoury edge bring tension and shape, pulling everything into focus. Distinctive, […]
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Saltfleet Grenache 2024
$40.00There’s an understatement to this. That’s not meant as detriment. It’s the thing about Saltfleet, from a youthful pair that crammed in intense experience with top mentors. There’s a maturity to the wines, a lack of flashiness. They go to the heart of things swiftly. So, there’s a certain refinement. There’s a little reduction, too, […]
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Thistledown Thorny Devil Grenache 2023
$35.00From several districts, off old, dry-grown bush vines. The ferments are all nuanced, but all are wild, and there is always some whole bunch; maturation for eight months in old French oak. Pale in hue and pretty in fragrance, such is the vintage. Flavours skip through cranberry, wild raspberry, pomegranate and rose, with white pepper […]
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Bondar Hope Springs Eternal Grenache 2024
$75.00Trott vineyard, ’52-planted bush vines, about 60% whole bunch with a very gentle extraction, matured in seasoned Austrian oak, ceramic and sandstone amphora. The Trott vineyard often throws darker fruits and moodier florals, and they’re here, yet the core remains red fruited and the structure is agreeably tense, a conduit for the twin charge of […]
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Tillie J Langhorne Creek Grenache 2024
$35.00Grenache has to be one of the most diverse grapes planted in Australia, reflected by the plethora of styles being crafted. Tillie J’s is delightful. Described to us as a Beaujolais style, I thought it somewhere between a Brouilly and Southern Rhone red. Compote of black, bramble and red fruits, with cut flowers, licorice, five […]
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Juxtaposed Smart Vineyard Grenache 2021
$50.00Spicy, complex florals, red and dark fruits, fresh compost and pipe tobacco. Rich and full bodied, with thoroughly defined curves, dripping with fruit, draped in silk. Like the Wait, there is a lovely tension between the sweet and savoury elements, with curry leaf, bitter chocolate and the silk , morphing into fine, sandy tannins. A […]
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Tim Smith Barossa Grenache 2022
$38.00It’s all about McLaren Vale Grenache at the moment, but the Barossa Valley should not be overlooked and Tim Smith’s iteration is one of the best, if not the best value from the entire valley. Incredible aromatics with a compote of English summer red fruits, blueberry, some blackcurrant. sweet spices and an almost Nebbiolo sensibility […]
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Adelina Grenache 2022
$65.00Fragrant with sweet red fruits, lavender, fresh roses, sweet earth and Middle Eastern spices. Exceptionally complex with a lovely interplay between tannin, acid, fruit and the more savoury elements of spices and earth. Sweet and savoury all in one with darker fruits on the palate and mouthwatering ones such as plum, pink grapefruit, blood orange […]
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Bondar Rayner Vineyard Grenache 2025
$40.00A warm and dry season, with halved crops, so some younger vine material joined the 1970-planted vines. Whatever the challenges, the result is in the black. Also, no oak this year, being fermented and raised in ceramic, clay and concrete; 15% whole bunch. There’s a deepness to this, and some levity. It feels spicier, earthier, […]
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Tim Smith MGS 2024
$30.00Another testament to the Smith touch, that rare ability to overdeliver without trying too hard. Black plums and blueberries; a fine, sour cherry edge. Sarsaparilla, dark earth, licorice, baked quince. Sucking copper coins through split lips. Plush and slippery on the palate, disciplined by beautifully gritty tannins. Find me a better red at this price. […]
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Stonegarden Field Blend Grenache 2020
$65.00Richer, deeper and burlier than the straight Grenache. 85% of this blend is Grenache, with the difference made up of Mataro, Shiraz, Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon. This is from a warmer part of the vineyard, with heavier soils and the fruit is correspondingly darker. Rounder in shape, wilder, with more exotic notes of cocoa, smoke, […]
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Somos Garnacha & Amigos 2024
$22.00Garnacha & Amigos wears its intentions on its sleeve: bright, juicy and made to be shared. Mauricio Ruiz Cantu brings his trademark hands-off, good-times approach to this South Australian red, letting each variety add its own character without overcomplicating things. Grenache makes up the lion’s share at 58%, bringing crunchy red fruit and plenty of […]
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Bulman Gary’s Vineyard Grenache 2025
$78.00Springs Hill vineyard; 14% whole bunch, with 91 days on skins, then 172 days in a sandstone amphora. Pale in the glass, and typically spicy on the nose. Dehydrated orange and clove, dried cherry and cranberry, rosehip, coriander seed, cardamom, cassia. Tannin’s quite a thing, as with its sibling (Glen’s Vineyard), but here the sandy, […]
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Vanguardist Grenache 2024
$70.00The Vanguardist calling card, the defining wine. Deeply savoury and intense, layered, detailed, chiselled, seriously complex. The vintage conditions were a little easier in ’24 than ’23, with a little more warmth, but this continues the Vanguardist upward trajectory with a theme of transparency, elegance and refined detail. Dehydrated cranberry and goji, barberry, amaro herbs […]
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Marc Sorrel Hermitage Rouge 2023
$375.00‘Highly textural, well-composed and incredibly fresh, this has aromas of cherries, dried violets, peppercorns and baking spices. Medium-bodied, very refined and layered, showing fine-grained tannins. So much control in this vintage with silk to the crunchy fruit. Lively, bright and pristine. It has a mineral, lingering finish. Drink from 2028.’ 99 Points JamesSuckling.com Apr 2025 Click here […]
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Ministry of Clouds Silk & Stone Grenache 2024
$75.00From the Smart vineyard in Clarendon, with mostly original 1922-vine fruit employed, along with some from 1955; 63% whole bunch, about four weeks’ total skin time, then old puncheons for élevage. Pale in the glass and evocatively aromatic, as is the Smart vineyard way. Sour cherry, Campari, wormwood, dried orange peel and coriander seed. The […]
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