2018 Mitolo Seventh Son Grenache Shiraz, McLaren Vale

Succulent raspberry and red cherry flavours open proceedings on this juicy medium bodied beauty, lending it an easy approachability before bass notes of olive tapenade and salty licorice kick in. Ripe tannins are fine grained and savoury with the Sagrantino adding an earthy moreishness to the finish that is drawn out by finely balanced acidity.

Grenache, shiraz, sagrantino. This is good. Taking advantage of the arsenal of tannin )imparted by the smidgeon of sagrantino (6%) in the blend) raspberry bon-bon, root spice, violet and briar are fuelled by a core of 62% grenache, the rest shiraz. The extraction is perfect, facilitating a pulpy flow; the reductive handling is just right, imbuing tension. Very good drinking attesting to a fine evolution of the style.

93 points Ned Goodwin winecompanion.com.au