This is bright and juicy Barossa Grenache with easy appeal. Slightly syrupy raspberry fruit, no oak, all red fruit and a little warmth. Really open pleasure and yet has an old vine darkness too. There is such impressive joyous red fruit generosity here, even if it’s just a bit hot to finish.

THE VERDICT

• Best drinking: now to maybe eight years
• Score (out of 20): 17.5
• Score (out of 100): 91
• Alcohol %: 14.5
• RRP (in $AUD): 28
• Winery website: https://www.yalumba.com/
• Would I buy it?: worth a few glasses