Penfolds Bin 21 Grenache South Australia 2025
G 92
Medium-deep crimson. Musky plum, red cherry, slight Americano aromas with star anise notes. Buoyant and refreshing with ample red dark berry fruits, some vermouth-like flavours, loose-knit chalky tannins, appealing mid-palate viscosity and fresh mineral acidity. Bittersweet and juicy at the finish. Very good varietal character, with attractive volume and length. Ten months in 28% new and seasoned French oak hogsheads. Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale. Drink now – soon. 14.5% alc St Hugo Grenache Shiraz Mataro 2025 G 92 Bright purple. Black fruits, blueberries and black cherry arrive in the glass against a solid backing of earth, spring flowers, Aussie bush notes and wood spices. Easy-going, plush in fruit, fleshy in tannin, sprinkled in spice and mighty tasty. A drink-now proposition. Now–2033
Corryton Burge Grenache 2024
G 91+
Medium crimson. Red cherry, cranberry, vanilla marzipan and hint of turned earth. Vibrant strawberry, cherry and cranberry fruits with light vanilla marzipan flavours. Attractive buoyancy carried by fine, lacy tannins. Early drinking style. Now–2028 Bethany Wines Blue Quarry Contours Grenache 2024 G 91 Purple-violet. So lively and energetic in its youth, that it immediately deserves your attention, and yet there is a surprising depth of flavour that carries and brings with it raspberry, forest berries, hints of undergrowth and earth together with a spiciness. Nicely textural on the palate with a rising note of spice and light herbal influence and earthiness. Nice grippy tannins come into play to the finish. Now–2030 Dewey Station Wines Venus Express Grenache, Shiraz, Mataro 2023 G 91 Bright crimson red. Immediately youthful and bright in sweet-fruited scents of grenache-led pressed flowers and red florals, together with earthy red- and black-berried fruits, briar and some tight, acid structure. Now–2030
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