Château Tanunda The Château Barossa Grenache 2023
- 90
- $40
- Drink by: 2024-2030
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Unmistakable Grenache nose of red fruits and brambly wild mountain herbs with white pepper and spice. Sourced from a single vineyard and picked ripe, drinkers will be hard pressed to decide whether to enjoy now or later. Either will be accommodated. There is an openness and friendliness on the palate delivered in earthy, red fruited tones with aromatic spices and plenty of life. The vanillin, dusty cacao influence of oak is noted, but in no way is it a major distraction. Close knit tannins serve the wine well for the future.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
