d'Arenberg The Custodian McLaren Vale Grenache 2007

Four Stars - The Canberra Times
The aromas are complex and seductive, dominated with an evolving mix of deep red scented fruits, white and green peppers, floral spices and earthy pot-pouri like notes. The palate is medium bodied and fleshy with a concentrated array of red berries, dark sweet plums and baked olive notes developing towards the spicy savoury spectrum as it opens. Fruit sweetness takes hold midway through the palate and then explodes towards the finish with lively, ripe, gritty, fragrant tannins and very fine elevated acidity that lingers on past the finish of this wine. This wine is a wonderful drink now, and due to the superb balance of fruit weight and concentration, chalky gritty tannins and natural acidity it will develop for up to a decade.