Yangarra Estate, Old Vine Grenache, McLaren Vale 2021 Vieilles Vignes silky-smooth texture and a superb

silky-smooth texture and a superb bead of acidity

strawberry leaf

Grapefruit-pith tang on the palate

the vapour-infused distilling method steams the neutral base spirit through eight botanicals and is then bottled at 45% ABV

Yangarra Estate, Old Vine Grenache, McLaren Vale 2021 Vieilles Vignes silky-smooth texture and a superbThe nose is a rush of cloves, lavender, dark cherries and raspberries. The palate is rich and mouth coating with grainy tannins that will soften in the decanter if you can't wait a year or two to open. As it evolves, the trademark dusty rose, dry cocoa, eucalyptus and leathery earthiness develops giving way to a remarkably complex and intriguing Grenache of great substance and prowess.