2019 Hentley Farm The Stray Mongrel GSZ, Barossa Valley

A combination of grenache, shiraz and zinfandel. Grenache is the senior partner at 59% of the blend and takes the lead with musky red fruited aromas and flavours, and is perhaps responsible for the sweetish impression on the palate. It's ripe and soft and easy to drink, tannin not really making itself too obvious but providing just enough firmness on the finish.

92 points Steve Creber winecompanion.com.au

The addition of Zinfandel to the traditional blend of Grenache and Shiraz is unique to Hentley Farm... With each variety separately crushed, fermented and matured, the Stray Mongrel displays the level of aromatic and flavour complexity you would expect from a blend of such diverse varietals. It is the perfect companion to a variety of culinary delights.

Set on the red-brown soils of the western Barossa Valley, Hentley Farm founders Keith and Alison Hentschke acquired the 150 acre vineyard and mixed farming property in the 1990s. Following extensive research to find out where the best red wine grapes in the Barossa Valley were being produced, their studies led them towards the rich red soils of the Seppeltsfield area. Keith used an old soil map from the 1950s to strategically locate the best parcels of land and after a number of years acquired Hentley Farm.