Clarendon Hills, Blewitt Springs Vineyard, Grenache, 2001 (Clarendon, Australia)

Light red.

Red fruit, herbs and a saline note on the nose. Not as explosive as it was a few years ago. May simply need air.

Huge, mouth-filling, sweet, textural impression in the mouth. Acid and light tannin provide a good, but unobtrusive, backstop. Long finishing flavor of strawbery preserves and light spice and saline character.

It will be interesting to watch this air over the next few days.


Day 2 - Strawberry preserves, toasted nut, sea salt on the nose. Still packs a wallop in the mouth, but saline-enhanced structure keeps a tighter rein on flavor. It would be very easy to call this "over the top". It isn't. Very long finish and tactile impression.


$45