The Wine Front – Raspberry jubes, cocoa and aniseed, fair perfume of dried herbs and flowers. Medium-bodied, choc-liquorice, juicy red berries, hazelnut, something a little more steely, saline, and ferrous, though that’s as yet more latent as the vibrant fruit is currently front and centre. A light graininess to tannin, freshness too, with a juicy finish of excellent length. It’s fun and bouncy now, though I reckon it will be better again in a few years when it settles down a bit. Tasted: Jan 23 14% alc. $28 Screwcap Drink: 2024 - 2030 - Gary Walsh, The Wine Front.

James Halliday – The 22nd release of this particular grenache/shiraz/mourvèdre blend (this year 45/30/25%); from vines up to 90-plus years of age across Trial Hill, Light Pass, Nuriootpa, Seppeltsfield and Vine Vale. And it's a good 'un! Bright, perfumed and detailed with super-pure plummy fruit, layers of spice, earth, florals, gingerbread and roasting meat goodness. Driven by a vivid line of lacy acidity and framed with powdery tannin, it seems like it is a good place and will provide great drinking over the medium term. - Dave Brookes Published 06 July 2023

Wine Enthusiast – This blend is very reductive to start, and it's hard to get past the sweaty cabbage notes. It does open somewhat with time, offering a sweet and sour note, along with ripe plum, blueberry, chocolate and white pepper, backed by vanillin oak. The palate is rich and a bit flat, wanting for more freshness. There's a grip of nicely textured, spicy tannins, but overall there's a lot of winemaking here without a lot of reward.

The Wine Front – "Cherry, blackberry, dried herb and mint, some cracked black pepper and spice. Medium-bodied, dry and savoury, brick dust tannin is very appealing, Spanish black olive and dried herb, a little orange zest too, and a firm finish of excellent length. Love the texture and feel of it, house style if you will, though the flavour profile is a little different to prior vintages. Good." - Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)

James Halliday – “An impressive single-vineyard grenache from Pete Schell at Spinifex Wines. Brilliant crimson in the glass with flashes of purple and notes of juicy plum, raspberry, red cherry and blueberry with hints of fine spice, gingerbread, purple florals, red licorice, earth, cola and lighter tobacco tones. Plenty of space and detail with fine, compact gypsum-like tannins and a brisk acid cadence, finishing savoury, balanced and spice-laden.” - Dave Brooks, winecompanion.com.au

The Wine Front – "Some people love a bit of reduction in their reds; other don’t. I’m in the former camp, and this wine plays that angle beautifully. Raspberries and rust, throws of dry spice, twiggy herb notes, licorice and that smoky, earthen, slightly burnt reductive character. The flavours come both tense and sheeted; it’s a light-ish wine of juicy, taut finesse. Pricing is spot on. This is deliciously good. Personally, in an ideal world, I’d be up to my neck in this." - Campbell Mattinson (The Wine Front)

James Halliday – "52/28/20% grenache/shiraz/mourvédre from Matananga, Moppa Hill and Greenock in the western Barossa. All varieties 100% destemmed and whole-berry fermented; aged for 14 months in old French oak. Bright, spicy and plummy, there are red fruits and cranberry notes that add lift and perfume, fine feathery tannins and the wine displays a vivid acid pulse." - Dave Brookes, The Wine Companion

The Wine Front – "Excellent Grenache. It has weight but it also feels crunchy, not to mention spicy. I love Grenache with a bit of crackle to it. Raspberries, sand, roasted spices and dry, brittle leaves. Excellent tannin, firm and grapey."

The Wine Front – Raspberry, hazelnut, a bit gluey, but also has perfume, along with mint and some spice. It’s medium to full-bodied, all poached strawberry and raspberry, a bit edgy and warm in alcohol, but sure-footed with light grainy tannin and a little graphite grip, and I like the nutty slightly umami flavours too. It’s a pleasing wine. strawberry jelly, mint and nuts, with a finish of solid length. Very easy to like. - Gary Walsh, The Wine Front.

James Halliday – Crafted with a very light touch, the result is effusive of energy and sweet of fruit. A tad too sweet. Red licorice, kirsch, lilac and rosewater. Some white pepper and clove are strewn across a spindly finish marked by heat. There is ample character here, as with all the wines at this address. However, this needs a solid chill. - Ned Goodwin MW

James Halliday – Crimson with fruit notes of dark cherry, red plum and mulberry with hints of exotic spice, earth, purple flowers, licorice, cola and sarsaparilla. No shortage of ripe juicy plum and cherry fruit on the palate, which sails off showing fine tannin, spiced red and dark fruits and just a slight tweak of heat at the exit. - Dave Brookes

James Suckling – Once the reductive pong dissipates, this is a fun, fullish grenache with no dearth of tannin, compressing notes of root spice, raspberry bon bon, menthol and fecund strawberry. I questioned the yields initially, but as the wine opens and unwinds across the bow of tension, it becomes increasingly juicy with air.