Clarendon Hills

Blewitt Springs Grenache 2021

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  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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  Vintage 2021
  94 points jamessuckling.com

The word on the street is that there's a movement toward fresher wines of greater exactitude and less small-oak influence – if oak is used at all. This is something I welcome. Still raspberry-mocha sweet and slightly highly strung. Some clove, tamarind and lavender imparting savoriness and tang to the tannic seams, finer and more lithe than in recent years. A great vintage, too, to be sure. Drink or hold.