2018 S.C. Pannell Old McDonald Grenache, McLaren Vale, South Australia Grenache at one point was looking like forever being something you threw in with Shiraz and Mataro (or Mouvedre as it perhaps should be called). To this point, I was fascinated to hear that there had been no significant plantings of Grenache for the lastContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #335”
Tag Archives: Grenache
Wine Code Breaker #271
2012 Cirillo 1850 Ancestor Vine Grenache, Barossa Valley, South Australia One from the archives of 2018…In looking back through the tasting year of 2018 there has been an apparent bias towards Grenache. So let’s just call it as it is, the year of Grenache. The more of these wines you get to see the more you marvelContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #271”
Wine Code Breaker #319
2017 Patronus The Antler Grenache, Barossa Valley, South Australia For some, the Harry Potter craze passed them by and this may have been due to their age or the age of their children. I, on the other hand, have lived the Harry Potter journey through the books and then the movies. Perhaps we were meanContinue reading “Wine Code Breaker #319”
The Unexpurgated Wine Code 