McLaren Vale

"McLaren Vale is one of the great and oldest names of Australian wine. The birthplace of wine in South Australia, it lies just south of the capital city of Adelaide and offers a multiplicity of soils which bask under a Mediterranean climate... nestled between the Mount Lofty Ranges and the white, sandy beaches of the Gulf of St Vincent. It offers exceptional wines and regional produce all set amongst rolling vineyards, a rugged coastline and a charming collective of villages.

With so much to offer winemakers and with its natural propensity toward change and experimentation, it’s not surprising that that McLaren remains a draw for some of the most creative winemakers around. These winemakers add to the vibrancy of a region that for decades has been lauded for its ability to produce brilliance from an array of noble varietals like Shiraz, Grenache and Cabernet Sauvignon to newer arrivals like Nero d’Avola, Fiano and Vermentino.

McLaren Vale is a region of beauty with a focus on quality and innovation that ensures its reputation will continue to grow and grow. McLaren Vale is also one of the more environmentally conscious regions in Australia with a large percentage of producers farming organically, biodynamically or employing sustainable farming methods." - Wine Australia

Map courtesy of Wine Australia

  • SC Pannell Smart Grenache 2022

    SC Pannell Smart Grenache 2022

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale
    Farming Vegan-friendly Sustainably-made

    95 POINTS! - THE WINE FRONT

      "Really attractive perfume of alpine herbs, almost genepy-like amaro character, sour cherry, faint maraschino cherry, cranberry and rose hip tea. The palate has a good sinewy bite around the more juicy, ripe red and black cherry flavours, some...

    Current stock: 6

    $80.00
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  • SC Pannell Old McDonald Grenache 2022

    SC Pannell Old McDonald Grenache 2022

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale
    Farming Vegan-friendly Sustainably-made

    94 POINTS! - THE WINE FRONT

      "Potent, full flavoured, decidedly ripe in fruit spectrum, sweet in its profile albeit tempered with pleasing bitter herbal elements, savoury notes and saline mineral characters. That being said, there’s some slurpiness here, despite a web...

    Current stock: 6

    $80.00
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  • SC Pannell Little Branch Grenache 2022

    SC Pannell Little Branch Grenache 2022

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale
    Farming Vegan-friendly Sustainably-made

    A DECADENT, EXPRESSIVE SINGLE SITE GRENACHE FROM ONE OF MCLAREN VALE'S MODERN GREATS

      "In the bouquet, lots of cherry elixir, maraschino, pickled cherry, strawberry, raspberry lollies and whiffs of aniseed, cola and cardamom/caraway seed savouriness. The palate an able reflection of the bouquet, a cinch of building, dusty tannin...

    Current stock: 6

    $80.00
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  • Yangarra Ovitelli Grenache 2022

    Yangarra Ovitelli Grenache 2022

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale
    Farming Vegan-friendly Organic Sustainably-made

    96 POINTS! - HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION
    96 POINTS! - WINE FRONT
    95 POINTS! - REAL REVIEW

      "Gee, you can really smell and taste the maturation vessel in this wine, which I like. Red fruit, dried flowers (including chamomile), aniseed and mint, tamarind, almond meal and fresh rhubarb, cranberry flavour and acidity. It’s...

    Current stock: 9

    $85.00
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  • Yangarra High Sands Grenache 2021

    Yangarra High Sands Grenache 2021

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale
    Farming Vegan-friendly Organic Sustainably-made

    98 POINTS! - HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION
    98 POINTS! - REAL REVIEW
    96 POINTS! - JAMES SUCKLING

      "Raspberry, Turkish Delight and Chinese five spice aromatics. Palate is seamless and silken: red fruits, exotic spices, dry earth and rose petals all flow across the palate, all entwined with a fine net of acidity and tannin that lifts and drives...

    Current stock: 2

    $300.00
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  • Yangarra Hickinbotham Grenache 2022

    Yangarra Hickinbotham Grenache 2022

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale
    Farming Vegan-friendly Organic Sustainably-made

    97 POINTS! - HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION
    96 POINTS! - REAL REVIEW
    95 POINTS! - JAMES SUCKLING

      "Lift of raspberry and rose petal, hint of dry soil on the nose. Palate Is medium weighted with slippery red berry fruits and a subtle dried herbal undertone. Well-framed tannins ensure it carries and drives with focus and tension and the finish...

    Qualifies for 10% discount in a straight dozen

    $85.00
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  • MMAD Grenache 2022

    MMAD Grenache 2022

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale

    WINE FRONT 97 POINTS!
    JAMES HALLIDAY 97 POINTS!
    JAMES SUCKLING 96 POINTS!

      "The second release of the MMAD Vineyard label, and off its 1939-planted Blewitt Springs vineyard. About 15% whole bunches, fermented in wood and steel, maturation in concrete and large old French oak. Unlike the 2022 shiraz, this takes time to...

    Current stock: 11

    $70.00
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  • Yangarra Old Vine Grenache 2022

    Yangarra Old Vine Grenache 2022

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale
    Farming Vegan-friendly Organic Sustainably-made

    JAMES HALLIDAY 96 POINTS!
    "The palate bursts with energy and drive."

      THE FANTASTIC FOLLOW-UP VINTAGE TO THE WINE-OF-THE-YEAR 2021 YANGARRA OLD VINE GRENACHE   "These gnarly strugglers were planted in 1946 in a deep sandy dune we call The Beach, overlying the North Maslin Sands geological formation. The Old...

    Qualifies for 10% discount in a straight dozen

    Current stock: 17

    $45.00
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  • Bondar Wines Rayner Vineyard Grenache 2022

    Bondar Wines Rayner Vineyard Grenache 2022

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale
    Farming Vegan-friendly Sustainably-made

    JAMES HALLIDAY 96 POINTS!
    VERY FINE GRENACHE - FLAVOURS OR PERSIMMON, CHERRY, RASPBERRY AND WHITE PEPPER

      "We really want the Rayner Grenache to be pretty-yet-savoury, and generally a more elegant expression of the variety. We believe that this is what our 1970 block wants to produce so we just try to let it express itself as best we can. To help...

    Current stock: 4

    $37.00
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  • SC Pannell The Vale Shiraz Grenache 2019

    SC Pannell The Vale Shiraz Grenache 2019

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale
    Farming Vegan-friendly Sustainably-made

    A MCLAREN VALE ICON HARMONISES THE REGION'S GREATEST VARIETIES

      "Enveloping and rich from the first sip. Freshness and drive from the Grenache supported by dark flavours and textures of the shiraz. The tannins are lacey and in the perfect spot for consumption. The choir is in full voice and the harmony is...

    Current stock: 2

    $38.00
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  • Bondar Wines Vestige Grenache 2021

    Bondar Wines Vestige Grenache 2021

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale
    Farming Vegan-friendly Sustainably-made

    JAMES HALLIDAY 97 POINTS!
    SPECIAL RELEASE WINE - ONLY 30 DOZEN PRODUCED FROM A SINGLE BARREL

      "A rare beast, and likely a one off. A 30 dozen production from a 100 year old patch of Grenache in the McLaren Flat.  Rich, dark raspberry, nutty, some gum leaf and mint perfume, but so much power here. It’s distinctly minty and gum...

    Current stock: 8

    $65.00
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  • SC Pannell No220 Grenache 2022

    SC Pannell No220 Grenache 2022

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale
    Farming Vegan-friendly Sustainably-made

    SULFUR FREE! HAPPY DRINKING WITH THIS JUBILANT GRENACHE

      "There’s a huge wallop of primary fruit flavours including blood orange, cranberry and dark chocolate but the finish is savoury and coated with myrtle. A luscious fruit driven palate with a tannic frame. Mouth filling but not...

    Current stock: 18

    $36.50
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  • Bekkers Grenache 2017

    Bekkers Grenache 2017

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale

    JAMES HALLIDAY 96 POINTS!

      "Seen on the lists in several top Michelin restaurants around the world this small, boutique producer is one of McLarens finest. Beautiful medium term cellaring shows how Grenache can develop in the bottle." - Wine House   "From...

    Current stock: 8

    $89.50
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  • SC Pannell Old McDonald Grenache 2018

    SC Pannell Old McDonald Grenache 2018

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale
    Farming Vegan-friendly Sustainably-made

    MUSEUM RELEASE FROM A MCLAREN VALE STALWART
    96 POINTS WINE FRONT!
    96 POINTS WINE PILOT!

      "The old aphorism that says McLaren Vale Grenache is like Burgundy holds some merit, but in the safe and gifted hands of Steve Pannell, they come over more like Barbaresco. Powerful, insistently and delightfully tannic Grenache. It falls more to...

    Current stock: 3

    $70.00
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  • Yangarra High Sands Grenache 2018

    Yangarra High Sands Grenache 2018

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale
    Farming Vegan-friendly Organic Sustainably-made

    WINE FRONT 96+ POINTS! THE REAL REVIEW 96 POINTS!

      "Intense ruby colour, bright and clear throughout the glass. Wine gums, dry earth and wakame on the nose. The palate is medium in weight but full in power. Fruit sits with depth, but the tannin profile is something special in its intensity and...

    Current stock: 3

    $198.00
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