The Vintage Journal - McLaren Vale Guide 2022

Geddes Wines Seldom Inn 2021 Grenache Mourvèdre Shiraz $28

G 91

Medium crimson. Dried roses, mulberry, red cherry aromas with star anise notes. Soft and fleshy wine with gentle mulberry, red cherry, strawberry fruits, sinuous chalky firm textures and linear fresh acidity. Very good richness and volume. Drink now–2028 14.2% alc Mr Riggs The Magnet 2021 Grenache $30 G 91 Medium deep crimson. Red cherry, mulberry, strawberry fruits with tea leafy notes. Sweet fruited with red cherry, strawberry, raspberry, mulberry fruits and fine chalky textures. Some minerally rusty notes at the finish. Drink now–2028 14.5% alc Serafino Wines Reserve 2020 Grenache $40 G 91 Medium deep crimson. Complex red berry fruits, walnutty, hint flinty aromas and flavours. Well concentrated with plentiful sweet/ confectionary notes, lacy chalky bitter sweet tannins and fresh long acidity. Buoyant, a touch sweet with attractive mineral notes. Drink now–2028 14.5% alc Varney Wines 2020 GSM $34 G 91 Medium deep crimson. Red cherry, strawberry, mulberry, hint walnut aromas with herb garden complexity. Candied red cherry, strawberry, mulberry fruits with earthy undertones, grainy textures and underlying fresh acidity leading to a firm finish. Drink now 14.2% alc Geddes Wines Seldom Inn 2021 Grenache $28 G 90 Medium crimson. Cranberry raspberry, hint graphite aromas. Silky textured and light weighted with raspberry cordial, cranberry fruits, lacy textures and well-integrated acidity. Gentle and smooth with pleasing freshness and fruit complexity. Drink now–soon 14.2% alc Mitolo Wines 7th Son 2020 Grenache Shiraz Sagrantino $42 G 90 Medium deep crimson. Chinotto/ cola, raspberry pastille aromas with herb garden star anise notes. Well-concentrated raspberry, cola flavours, grippy fine tannins, attractive mid-palate density and long juicy acidity. Finishes crunchy with persistent aniseed complexity. Drink now–keep for a while 14.5% alc

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