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John Duval Annexus Grenache 2022
DOZEN: $680.40 or $56.70 each
In the 2022 vintage, the northern subregion of Moppa proved to be the source for John Duval's Annexus Shiraz. It reflects those northern roots with clarity and detail, with super-ripe satsuma plum and boysenberry fruits with shades of baking spice, ironstone, roasting meats, panforte, violets, dark chocolate and Moppa earth. Tannins like powdered sand lend a base and structure; there is a nice, slightly saline edge to the acid profile and an overall sense of balance and harmony as the wine slowly retreats. Super stuff. (95) DAVE B ROOKES, Halliday Wine Companion
I’m tasting this from a Penfolds branded glass, which I inherited from my partner. Ho ho ho. It feels apposite, anyway. This comes from an old vine vineyard in Moppa, just over the fence from Kalimna™. 20% new oak. 250 cases produced.
Very purple tasting wine here; dark cherry, boysenberry, dark chocolate and biscuit spices, sage and new leather. It’s full-bodied, but finds balance in a rich and salty dark fruited way, acidity is quite bright, tannin is silty and grainy, and while there’s a little warmth on the finish, it still pulls pretty long and offers some orange peel tang to close. Good wine. No shortage of flavour and impact. GARY WALSH, The Wine Front