Varney Wines McLaren Vale Grenache 2022

Premium fruit from Blewitt Springs and Seaview is written all over this wine although it still retains the casual Varney flair. Layers of primary fruit slowly build from black cherry, fruits of the forest and new leather with a touch of stalk and an intriguing hint of dried rose. Good density of flavour follows with weighty tannins (for Grenache) as it gives up dark licorice, meat locker and gently spicy flavours with a distinctly savoury backbone of hot rocks and dusty earth. A bit of structural grip to finish suggests this needs a couple of years to flesh out.

Angus Hughson

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Angus is an award-winning wine writer and the Founder and Publisher of Winepilot, the Australian Editor for leading international publication VINOUS with Antonio Galloni based in New York City and the Co-Publisher of The Australian Ark with over 15 years of publishing, writing and judging experience.

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