Poonawatta 1858 Grenache 2022
Medium-deep crimson. Brooding aromas of musky plum, Campari, strawberry, aniseed with hints of violets and tilled earth. Smooth and silky, ample red berry fruits, raspberry pastille, Campari flavours with an attractive mid-palate richness and underlying fresh bittersweet lacy tannins. Very well integrated acidity and a most pleasant crunchy/ chalky textural combination on the finish. A lovely wine. Drink now– 2032 14.5% alc Tarrawatta Wines Ambervale Grenache 2021 Medium-deep crimson. Perfumed violet, strawberry, plum aromas with aniseed notes. Chocolaty textured, and viscous with plentiful red berry flavours, a touch of roasted walnut, toasty notes, lovely inky density and long indelible aniseed notes. Really lovely richness, complexity and flow. Drink now–soon 14.7% alc. Tim Smith Grenache 2022 Medium-deep crimson. Fresh musky plum, chinotto, touch Campari aromas. Smooth and supple palate with lovely red plum, strawberry, Campari flavours, fine loose-knit chalky textures and fresh indelible acidity. A touch of star anise/heat at the finish. Drink now–2028 Medium-light crimson. Perfumed strawberry, rose petal aromas with orange rind, hint flinty notes. Fresh and supple palate with strawberry, red cherry, redcurrant flavours, fine slinky/lacy textures, lovely mid- palate viscosity and well-integrated but juicy acidity. Chalky at the finish with star anise notes. Drinking beautifully now, but should develop and expand with further bottle age. 372-day post-fermentation maceration in stainless steel has created a compelling complexity and timelessness in style. Based on 820 surviving 1889-planted grenache vines in the heart of the Barossa Valley. Drink now–2032 14% alc 14.5% alc Yalumba Tri-Centenary Grenache 2022
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