Date: 13 July,
2012
What: 2010 Sevenhill Cellars Inigo Grenache, Clare Valley
Purchased: n/a; around $25 I think
Food: Chilli con carne (followed by chocolate)
Comments: I have had a mixed relationship with grenache - too often it seems sweet and cloying. So it was with a bit of trepidation I hooked into this one, but need not have feared. Just after pouring it is nice but without being special to look at. Bit of mixed fruit and spice on the nose. But this is all about the mouth. Just really good quaffing gear. Nice fruits (a bit darker than the red fruits and almost sweet plum thing I sometimes associate with grenache) and some good spice to balance it. Sort of verges on the too sweet but those spices rein it in. Probably has a couple of years left in it, but no need to wait. Will go with a bunch of different foods - various meaty/tomato casseroles, roast lamb, good barbie stuff. Put it on the midweek quaffer rotation and you won't be disappointed.
