Clarendon Hills, Blewitt Springs, Grenache 2001

Light red.

Toasted hazelnut, Chambord and salt-water taffy nose.

Round and utterly sweet palate-impression, with building, side-teeth acid constriction. Very light on its feet, but delivers impressive, but currently bound up, flavor intensity. Cherry liqueur too. Expanding with air, but still dominated by its acid-driven structure. Long and subtle red fruit, saline finish.

Day 4 - Similar nose with a tomato aspect thrown in, subduing direct raspberry fruit character. Similar in the mouth, too. Still bound up by acid structure, now veering into the "mineral" camp.

Where is this stuff going? Incredibly opulent on release.

$40