The Vintage Journal Barossa Guide 2026

Bethany Wines Blue Quarry Manse Grenache 2024

G 93

Purple-crimson. Quite playful, autumnal aromas of blueberry, cherry and plum mixed with liquorice, dusty cocoa and hints of raspberry pastille. Good depth of fruit and concentration on the palate, but it is the textural appeal of this wine and the freshness of acidity that really makes an impact, especially on the finish. Nice concentration and sense of finesse. Food-friendly style all round. Now–2034 Camino Wine Co. Centenary Vines Grenache 2025 G 93 Bright purple. A herbal-enhanced, peppery spiced young grenache that shines sinewy bright. Aromas of spearmint, mint, briar, earth and leafy herbals dance with cherry, berry, vibrant fruits. Mineral notes thread through the palate. Medium-bodied and very approachable. Now–2032 Murray Street Greenock Estate Grenache 2024 G 93 Red-crimson. Cherry-berry fresh, and alive with summer berries and oak drawn together in a complex thread of herbs and spice. Instantly appealing with aromas of grassy herbs, cherry, berries, English garden florals, earth, leaf and bracken. Rides high on the palate in cherry-berry flavours, deep, juicy and fresh, herbal in tone and alive in spice. Now– 2031 Pirathon Wines Grenache, Shiraz, Mataro 2024 G 93 Crimson red. An earthy, terroir-distinct GSM that celebrates that mix of earth-cum-savoury dark-fruited intensity and textural creaminess that goes long into the finish. Aromas of dark cherry, plum and rose petal. Long and quite luxurious across the palate, creamy in texture and resounding in a lovely complexity of spice-led, red-fruited freshness. Now–2029 Torbreck Hillside Vineyard Grenache 2024 G 93 Medium crimson. Intense red cherry, strawberry, rose garden. Sweet, almost luscious buoyancy with strawberry, ginger, aniseed flavours, lovely creamy complexity, lacy/chalky tannins and fresh mineral acidity. Juicy minerally finish. 1949-planted vines. 1850-established estate. Now–2028

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