2020 Clarendon Hills Blewitt Springs Grenache

96+ Points - Erin Larkin, The Wine Advocate
The 2020 Blewitt Springs Grenache is perfumed, spicy, attractive... incredible. It's long and plush, but the skeleton of tannins shows the longevity and precision of the style. There are notes of clove bud, raspberry pip, licorice, silty tannin and loads of exotic spice. And very fine saline acidity. I don't talk much about acidity in these wines, but it pulses through the fruit and tannic framework... there's blood and rose petals. I love this mightily.

96 Points - James Suckling, James Suckling.com
Extremely perfumed with flowers and red fruits. The palate is tight and compacted with fine tannins that are integrated and long, giving structured and vertical depth to this young wine. Give it time to soften and open. Drinkable but better after 2024.

More About this Wine...from the Producer:
The Clarendon Hills Blewitt Springs Grenache is sourced from a single vineyard planted in the 1940’s and is located in the famously deep sands of Blewitt Springs, McLaren Vale. This classic old, bush vine vineyard produces absolutely magnificent fruit every year and is considered a prized Premier Cru vineyard by the winemaking team Clarendon Hills. The typical expression reveals notes of red and black cherry, blood orange, musk, violets, iodine and crushed rock, where baking spices elevates all to a highly exotic state. The talcum like extract makes for a textured mouthfeel and is perfect for pairing with a charcuterie plate. The 2020 release offers unbridled blood orange and fresh cut rose notes throughout the expression and is spectacular to enjoy.