Monterra Single Vineyard Grenache 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson
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Monterra Single Vineyard Grenache 2023
$35, 14.5%, screwcap, McLaren Vale.

Grenache from the famed Blewitt Springs sub-region of McLaren Vale. This is light on its feet – in a good way – with warm raspberry, almond paste, milk chocolate and aromatic herbs notes doing all the running. It has a curl of dry, herb-flecked tannin through the finish and good persistence. There’s a touch of alcohol warmth to this wine but it’s otherwise a delightful drink in a light, elegant style. 90 points.

Campbell Mattinson

Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.

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Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

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