Bekkers McLaren Vale Grenache 2023

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Mattinson review of Bekkers Grenache 2023.

Bekkers McLaren Vale Grenache 2023
$90, 14% alcohol, screwcap, McLaren Vale.

This is an elite wine, structured, flavoursome, spicy and more. It has terrific length too. It tastes of earth, raspberries-dipped-in-cocoa, aromatic herbs and crushed fennel, the latter strewn with twig notes, and a general savouriness. This is the kind of wine that has put McLaren Vale grenache on the world map. It has the fruit, it has the spice, it has the finesse and the sinewy-spiciness. It is, simply, a great drink. 95 points.

Campbell Mattinson

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of the highly respected The Winefront site.

Mattinson has been an independent wine critic and photo-journalist since 1987. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the prized Best Australian Sports Writing Award.

Mattinson, who is 100% independent, puts a score out of 100 on every wine that he reviews. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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