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In Praise of Shadows McLaren Vale Grenache Blanc 2025
DOZEN: $345.60 or $28.80 each
Green apple and pear, honey and herbs, a little spice. I like the chalky/flinty feel this wine offers, along with balanced acidity lending freshness, it’s a bit peanutty too, a subtle green herb bitterness, with a bright finish of good length. This is nicely turned out. GARY WALSH, The Wine Front
From Ben Lacey’s vineyard in Sellicks Hill, with vines grafted in '23 from Yangarra cuttings. There’s a new barrique in the mix here (fancy!), an unusual thing at this address. That only makes up 12.5% of the total oak, with the rest seasoned, and half the juice fermented cool in tank. It has an impact, though, as does the older oak, with a drying quality on the palate, along with pops of nougat, caramel and char. Yellow fruits, an orchard feel, apples, pears, heirloom lemon, the fruit feeling both briskly cool and ripe, the acidity tensioning effectively. MARCUS ELLIS, Halliday Wine Companion