The 2021 Treasure Trove McLaren Vale Grenache is opaque with a clear rim-edge; bright, fresh, alluring. Aromas of bath salts, minerals, a touch of the saline; sour berries and then blackberries and raspberries at season’s start; dried herbs and fermenting yeast. Pastrami from oak, but just, just… Savoury smells as if entering an old fashioned delicatessen a long time ago. Acidity! Like a green apple and a fresh, ripe plum. Balance and movement: deep and savoury, but with grenache’s unyielding fruitiness flying its flag. All the while this acidity nips at the meaty fruit flavours, making one wonder why all grenache cannot taste like this. Rounded yet sharp; long yet striking. Grenache for grown-ups.