2023 High Sands Grenache
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I won't re-review this 2023 High Sands Grenache, as I have only just published its score and note at the end of May 2025, but for the purpose of context in this vertical of 2012–2024, the wine exudes all the fragrant perfume of the 2023 vintage. I like the 2023s more and more, and I find them to be fine, firm, fragrant and finessed. What I will say is that perhaps I undercooked the potential drinking window, which via this vertical has now revealed itself to be around the 30-year mark. This, in the trio of cold vintages (2011, 2017, 2023), is my preferred vintage by a margin. 13.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.
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Erin Larkin, Wine Advocate
Angus Hughson, Vinous
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The 2023 Grenache High Sands is a more restrained edition that delivers refined and crystalline aromas of raspberry and watermelon dusted with star anise. It starts a little slowly but then builds savory, stony minerality with chewy textures yet still with a fine, ethereal core of flavor delivered over an extended finish. The 2023 is a sleeper that will be best over the medium term.
About the producer
One of the leading names in Australian wine, managed today by Peter Fraser, Yangarra farms its 90 hectares of vines biodynamically. The McLaren Vale estate works with Rhône varieties and is best known for its outstanding Grenache, the top botting of which is its High Sands cuvée.