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Clarendon Hills Grenache Old Vines Kangarilla Vineyard 1996

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1996 Vintage

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Clarendon Hills Grenache Old Vines Kangarilla Vineyard (1996)
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5 Reviews

Winery:
Clarendon Hills
Varietal:
Grenache
Region:
Australia > South Australia > Fleurieu > Clarendon
Type:
Red Wine
Drink Dates:
Drink Now - 2012
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User Tags:  vineyards, soil, rich, old, stone fruits, decadent, raspberries, old vines, oak - heavy, spices 


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Grenache is the main grape in many Rhone blends and most Cotes du Rhone and Chateaunuef-du-pape. It's a grape that yields soft, lightly colored yet full wines endowed with deep notes of strawberry and raspberry. While not prone to producing particularly rich or complex wines in France, Grenache is one of the world's most widely-planted grapes, producing unique expression where ever it is planted. It is particularly common in Spain as Garnacha, and Sardinia, as Canonnau,

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document.getElementById("NoProductImage").innerHTML = ""; Robert Parker 95 points!Two of the most decadent wines made on planet Earth are the limited production (about 900 cases of each) of Old Vine Grenache. In 1996- there are three offerings- but I only tasted two- the Blewitt Springs and Kangarilla Vineyard. The Blewitt Springs is the first wine I have ever tasted that may be almost too rich to drink. Consequently- I have a slight preference for the 1996 Kangarilla Vineyard (15% alcohol). The latter wine offers an opaque purple color- and a smashingly intense- read more...


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Rating: 95/100 - As reviewed in Wine Advocate # 115 on Feb-98


 

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Rating: 93/100 - As reviewed by Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar on Jul-98


 

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