Bekkers McLaren Vale Syrah Grenache 2024

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle of Bekkers McLaren Vale Syrah Grenache 2024.

Bekkers McLaren Vale Syrah Grenache 2024
$90, 14.0% alcohol, screwcap, McLaren Vale.

The combination of shiraz and grenache grapes is a traditional Australian wine style, responsible for some of the best red wines ever produced in Australia, particularly in a McLaren Vale context. The team behind Bekkers is determined to continue this tradition to the highest possible standards.

I looked hard but I could not find a single kink or remote cause for concern. This release is a svelte, seamless beauty. Its motor hums with both red and black berries but the body of it feels, from start to finish, so perfectly polished and, accordingly, satisfying. Earth, dark chocolate, sweet flowery herbs, iodine, dewy red roses and peppercorn notes put on a delicious, soft-hearted show before velvety, ultra-fine tannin puts a ribbon on the finish. You’re on the right side of history here; this wine is fabulous. 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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