Clarendon HillsBlewitt Springs Grenache 2021
About this product
- TypeGrenache
- Size750ML
- RegionMcLaren Vale
- Current Vintage2021
- Standard Drinks8.64
- Alcohol Volume14.6%
- CountryAustralia
- StateSouth Australia
- Brand NameClarendon Hills
- Wine MakerRoman Bratasiuk
- Food MatchCured Meats
- ClosureDiam Cork
- Wine SweetnessDry
- Wine BodyMedium Bodied
James Halliday
Australian wine writer, critic and winemaker
Vintage 2021
94 points Halliday Wine Companion
The word on the street is that there's an evolution here toward fresher wines of greater exactitude and less small-oak influence – if the oak is used at all. This is something I welcome. Still raspberry-mocha sweet and a little high octane. Some clove, tamarind and lavender imbuing savouriness and tang to the tannic seams, finer and more lithe than in recent years. A great vintage, too, to be sure.
Vintage 2021
94 points Robertparker.com
This 2021 Blewitt Springs Grenache feels very ripe in the mouth (despite the relative 14.6% alcohol on the label) and is laden with hoisin, star anise, clove, aniseed/arnica, roast beef and pomegranate molasses. The finish slopes off to mulberry compote and cherry kirsch, which is where it feels very (sun) ripe to me. All in all, this is a surprisingly big Grenache, with power to spare. It will benefit from a decant—it already looks better after 10 minutes in the glass. The lingering aftertaste is of red snakes. Sealed under Diam.
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