Yangarra Old Vine Grenache 2021

Yangarra Old Vine Grenache 2021Halliday Wine Companion Wine of the Year 2024 Halliday Wine Companion Best Grenache and Blends Varietal of 2024 James Halliday Top 100 Wines of 2022 Yangarra is a single vineyard estate situated in Blewitt Springs, at the northern edge of the McLaren Vale region, South Australia. Yangarras combination of ancient geology, high altitude and Mediterranean climate provide the ideal growing conditions for the best grape varieties of the southern Rhne.

cherry and plum fruit runs through the middle of this dark

Supremely-focused

In 1989 he joined Penfolds as a sparkling winemaker

this wine would make even Australia's Grange look wimpish if tasted side by side

Planted on own roots in 2002 (5

Drink 2014-2022

They don’t get the afternoon sun

it's a long-term wine with a huge future

Drink by: 2020

Yet it never loses its pedigree nor its historical touch points and time-honoured reliability

"The 2018 The Standish Shiraz (a sample blend from barrel) is a bit stalky (it's about 50% whole cluster)

and a very grand wine