2024 Ox Hardy Blewitt Springs Grenache

93 POINTS

Erin Larkin - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2024 Blewitt Springs Grenache is perfumed and sandy, silty and floral. This is a gorgeous wine, one that transports me to the very place where the fruit was grown. This has all the rose-petal and pink-peppercorn notes, alongside cold tea and ferrous, with a Nebbiolo-esque splay of tannin that feels infused into the fruit at every juncture. It's a wonderful wine from a wonderful place. Grown in the sandy soils of Blewitt Springs in McLaren Vale, the fruit was handpicked, saw open fermenters with 15% whole bunches in the mix and spent eight months of élevage in seasoned French oak. 14% alcohol, sealed under screw cap. If this is $30—the closest I can find online puts it between $28 and $33AUD—then it offers tremendous value for money and comes warmly recommended.