Yalumba Tri-Centenary Grenache 2022

A whopping 372 days on skins here. Yalumba winemaker Kevin Glastonbury has seen the light! Seeking texture, levity and yet the inherent character of these wonderful old vines. So succulent and fine boned yet retains quite a bit of red berry fruitiness, sweet spice, some cola characters and woody elements, with a suggested concentration on hand. Very perfumed too, pretty and savoury in the same sniff, raspberry, fennel, mahogany, cardamom, game meat going on. Texture in the palate shows really fine tannin profile, grippy yet lithe and puckering amongst medium weight feel with some earthiness and botanical (pleasing) bitterness in tow. I like it. An Italianate feel seems to resonate through the wine. Really good. 94 points. - Mike Bennie, Wine Front.