The Cirillo Ancestor Grenache is one of the few wines I buy on an annual basis. The latest release is the 2018 Cirillo 1850 Ancestor Grenache. One of the things I like about this wine is that it gets released at six years of age.
This wine is more fruited than in the previous two years. Blueberry and mulberry flavours are quite ripe. There is an unusual mint character as well, not unpleasant. The wine to me is borderline on confected, but it has the pleasant characteristics of concentration and strong aromatics, and it lifts towards the long finish.
Cirillo does not represent the sophisticated winemaking that Yangarra does, for example. But what Marco Cirillo creates is what the French call a vin d'emotion, a wine which evokes an emotional response. In this way, this wine is a wine of beauty.
Score: 94/+++
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