Duff Blewitt Springs Grenache 2024

Written By Campbell Mattinson
Bottle image of duff blewitt springs grenache 2024. Mattinson independent review.

Duff Blewitt Springs Grenache 2024
$45, 13.4% alcohol, DIAM cork, McLaren Vale.

I like to see licorice flavours in my grenache and they are here in spades, red licorice that is, though they are delivered in a context of finesse, and of sinewy structure. We have a very good grenache on our hands here. It’s ripe but not sweet, shows fragrant herb notes without being hard or overt, and feels both serious and openly delicious at once. The long dry length of the finish augurs well for the future too. 94 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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