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The Derelict Vineyard Grenache
McLaren Vale · Australia
Fact sheet
- Type
- Other
- Grape
- Grenache
- Country
- Australia
- Region
- McLaren Vale
- Appellation
- McLaren Vale
- Body
- full
- Acidity
- medium
- Tannin
- medium
- Sweetness
- dry
Food pairing
roasted meats · lamb · aged cheese · spicy dishes · meat stews · barbecue
Rated vintages
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201391 pts
The d'Arenberg style favors structure over plushness, even in Grenache. This is crisp and firm, its cranberryish fruit tinged with hints of raspberry, orange zest, cinnamon and clove. Give it a few years to soften. Drink 2020–2030.
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201090 pts
Peppers and cloves accent cherry-berry fruit on the nose of this single-vineyard wine. On the palate, it's full bodied and deep and silky in texture, with a long spice-inflected finish.
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200789 pts
The nose of this wine features some delicately lifted floral scents, but also darker notes of brandied cherries and asphalt. Give it some breathing time to let the tarry notes fade and allow the red cherry and cinnamon red-hot flavors to emerge. Finishes long, mouthwatering and…
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200685 pts
The sort of wine one imagines early Australian settlers gulped down—big and burly in the mouth and a bit warm, rough and dusty on the finish. Hints of mint-accented cherry fruit and earthy notes.