“Love it. Glad I found this wine. Good Value.” - JancisRobinson.com

If there were a device that could measure value and you pointed it at this wine, it would overheat. The quality is truly astonishing for the price. The Grenache grapes were hand-picked from gnarly, 90-year-old vines in Seppeltsfield on Barossa’s western ridge, then fermented with indigenous yeasts, with 20% whole-bunch fruit, and the remainder destemmed, before being gently basket-pressed into seasoned French oak hogsheads where it matured for 12 months. There is nothing about that sentence that says £15.95 and there is nothing £15.95 about the way it tastes either. Decanter Magazine awarded it 95 points and here is what the 3 judges had to say:

Decanter (Sara Muirhead MW): “Musky spiced raspberry aromas. Ripe blackberry flavours with some spice and tobacco. Toasty vanilla sweetness and zippy acidity on the finish.” 95 points

Ben Chan: “Maraschino cherry, violets, oak spice, nutmeg. Opulent and full-bodied, with waves of complexity and savoury meat and cigar notes. A very long finish.” 95 points

Decanter (Beth Pearce MW): “Cola, vanilla and cream. Mouthwatering acidity, plum and blackberry. Bold, concentrated, with dark, brooding flavours that build to a rich finish. Overt oak flavours may soften with time.” 95 points