Hugh Hamilton The Disrupter McLaren Vale Grenache 2022

Estate grown Grenache and carrying McLaren Vales trademark exotic perfume right out of the glass comes this 2022 The Disrupter Grenache. Budding violets, hibiscus and bay leaf plus the alluring aroma of red toffee apples from your local mum and pop produce store – the ones you begged your parents for. The wine promises an assembly of red and black berries and delivers in full. Black olive skin, crushed Schezuan flowers and a terra cotta like baked clay on the finish. It’s alive with bright fruit tones, earthy minerality and suede like tannins – a poised Vale Grenache. Drink with slow cooked lamb pie or on its own right before dinner and feel free to ruin your appetite.

Shanteh Wale

Contributor at Wine Companion

Shanteh cut her teeth at Sydney’s Award-Winning Quay restaurant where she worked for over a decade and was Head Sommelier from 2018 till 2022. She has been nominated for the Good Food Guide Sommelier of the Year award on three occasions and claims that her experience as a Len Evans scholar as one of the highlights of her career. Shanteh hosts her own weekly podcast ‘Over A Glass’ with the Deep in the Weeds Network and spends her time writing for various publications and judging at numerous wine shows across the country.

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