Langmeil Rough Diamond Grenache 2020

Aussie Grenache is having its day in the spotlight, with wonderfully juicy and bright examples readily available in shops and restaurant wine lists. We’re seeing modern wines of crunch and freshness, jam-packed full of cherries and berries that match a wide array of food, challenging Grenache’s history as a workhorse variety. The Rough Diamond offers cherries and brambles in abundance, with dark chocolate, Dutch cocoa and liquorice as a savoury contrast. The palate is ripe and juicy with more of those lovely berries notes and a hint of tobacco. The structure is a little more intense than its stablemate, with a steely frame and savoury, definitive tannin finish. This wine would be heavenly with a steak and kidney butter puff pie, roasted beetroots on the side.

Melissa Moore

Melissa began her hospitality career in London working for the Rolling Stones, returning to Australia at the dawn of the wine bar explosion in Melbourne to develop a deep love of wine, restaurants, beaches and much warmer weather. She has judged at several national and local wine shows including The Royal Sydney Show, the NSW Wine Awards and The Alternative Varieties Wine Show, and contributed to the Sydney Morning Herald with wine selection articles. Melissa was selected to be a scholar of the Len Evans’ Tutorial and was dux of the 2019 New Zealand Family of Twelve Tutorial. She was previously Head Sommelier at Merivale and is now Beverage and Operations Manager for the Love Tilly Group. She lives in Sydney with her family.