Bekkers Grenache

 I have reviewed the 2017 Bekkers Grenache a couple of times before. Here is a little preamble. On those occasions, I rated the wine 96 and 93 points, today it will be 95. Does this mean poor assessments on my part? Studies have been done that even the most highly regarded wine critics in the world score the same wine differently at different times. How can this be? There are a number of factors. Over time, a wine will change. While it is possible to incorporate ageability in the score, it is quite impossible to predict how a wine will age, as the chemical composition is unknown. Other factors which will have an impact are the temperature of the wine, how long it has been open, any food involved, and the general mind set of the reviewer. So, here the assessment of yesterday.

This Grenache is quite dark fruited, with ripe raspberry, red and black cherry flavours. The wine is quite layered and complex. It is savoury and elegant, but with some real bite. This wine comes from vineyards not far from Yangarra, where I just reviewed the Ovitelli Grenache. But it is a real contrast to the super fine Yangarra.

This is another sophisticated wine from the Blewitt Springs/Clarendon region in McLaren Vale. It is perhaps not quite as well rounded, but I am splitting hairs here.

Score: 95/+++