D’Arenberg The Derelict Vineyard Grenache 2021

As with all wines from here, they have been endowed with weird and wonderful names, the details of which are all available on the website. Not many wineries would be game to call their wine Derelict. No such issues here. This is from the wonderful 2021 vintage in McLaren Vale, with fermentation completed in old French oak, followed by time on lees. Crimson red with hints of a blue haze, the wine offers a lovely ripeness with notes of strawberries, raspberries, milk chocolate, a hint of tar and some attractive kirsch touches. There is good focus here, length and fine silky tannins on the finish, which lingers well. Love it. Eight to ten years.