Yalumba

The Tri-Centenary Grenache

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  Vintage 2022
  95 points

This sees 372 days of post-fermentation maceration which plays a large role in what is a wonderfully pure and lifted wine with excellent depth and savoury complexity. Lovely pale ruby colour with defined aromas of macerated strawberry, cranberry, plum skin, cherry cola, white pepper spice, and subtle prosciutto meatiness. Some dried herbs and rosehip with air. The melding of red fruits and savouriness makes for a Grenache of freshness and complexity in equal measure. The palate is lifted and cooling, suave and elegant with a spine of chalky fine tannins and fresh red-fruited acidity providing carry for the red fruits and spice notes. With seemingly endless length here, this is a wine of fine boned elegance, intensity, poise, and complexity. Bravo. - Tom Kline, Wine Pilot, 23 September 2024

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  Vintage 2022
  95 points

From Ancestor vines planted in 1889, no one else handles Grenache like this Yalumba Tri-Centenary and the results achieved by winemaker Kevin Glastonbury are monumentous. 372 days on skins is something of a rarity for this variety and what a prized possession it is. Savoury delights frame the delightful blueberries and mulberries that seep through its veins. Skin contact is evident adding a fine veil of texture. Sauteed mushrooms, smoked tea leaves, fine shards of chocolate and a silty earthiness work wonderfully with delicate exotic spices and Chinese Five spice. Give it a decant and let it shine - it's certainly not a pour and drink now option. Let it breathe and watch it unfurl gracefully. Superb stuff. Drink to eight years+ - Steve Leszczynski, Q Wine, 17 September 2024