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Tasting notes
Score 91/100 · Drink 2022-2027, Josh Raynolds, Sep 2022

Bright magenta. Vibrant, mineral-accented red and blue fruits, baking spices and pungent flowers on the perfumed nose. This juicy, energetic midweight offers appealingly sweet, spice-laced raspberry and boysenberry flavors that slowly deepen as the wine opens up. Shows very good clarity and solid thrust on the sweet, blue-fruit-driven finish, which is given shape by smooth, even tannins.

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90
90/100

Average Score

17
17/20

Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com

91
91/100

James Suckling

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16.5 points
Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com
Score 16.5/20 · Drink 2020-2026, Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com, Sep 2021

Raspberry jam and sweet spice – very well defined. Textbook Grenache with excellent sweetness of fruit. The tannins are a little gruff, but far from intrusive. (RH)

91 points
James Suckling
Score 91/100 · James Suckling, May 2019

Aromas of dark berries, blackberries and licorice follow through to a full body, very soft and silky tannins and a flavorful finish. Hints of jam. Drink now. Screw cap.

89 points
Joe Czerwinski, Wine Advocate
Score 89/100 · Drink 2019-2025, Joe Czerwinski, Wine Advocate, Sep 2018

The 2016 The Custodian Grenache is sourced from about 40 growers around McLaren Vale. Ripe, full-bodied yet tight and constrained, it offers dusty, dark-fruit aromas and flavors of mulberries and plums. Give it another year in bottle to loosen up a bit.

About the producer

d'Arenberg
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Grape Blend

Grenache/ Garnacha

Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

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