2022 Thistledown Vagabond Grenache, Mclaren

Description

96 Points – James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion: Blewitt Springs, an Australian grand cru equivalent. Old bush vines, as is the wont. Wild fermented with a good portion of whole bunches, some in concrete pyramids sans agitation, before ageing in concrete and large neutral oak. Brilliant! Like a slinky, before release over the top step, as riffs on persimmon, Seville orange, rosehip, pomegranate and impeccably ripe cherry clafoutis unwind and expand with a rattle. Long. A sandy scape of gorgeous tannins. World class.

96 Points –James Suckling: A powerful and detailed grenache that offers up Campari-like red fruit and herbs with raspberries and iron. The palate is polished, in that theres plenty of ripe, deep-set tannin here, carrying red-fruit flavors long. Drink or hold. Screw cap