Hutton Vale Farm Single Vineyard Grenache Mataro 2022
- 95
- $80
- Drink by: 2025-2035
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A deceptive wine. Weighs in at nearly 15% ABV, but beneath the fuller-bodied exterior there is considerable finesse on show. A blend of 90% Grenache and 10% Mataro (aka Mourvèdre) it’s a Rhône inspired coupling that works beautifully. Combining a lively spiciness with earthiness. Lots of peppery spice on show here ranging wide across the palate with plum, blueberry, black fruits, fennel, oregano herbals, dark chocolate and liquorice confection notes. Runs smooth as silk across the tongue. Utterly enjoyable now with potential yet to be explored.
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.
