🔥 Six Extraordinary Grenaches. Six Brilliant Vineyards. One of Australia's Greatest Wine Regions.

97 Points | 97 Points | 97 Points | 96 Points | 95+ Points | Trophies Galore

If you want to understand why we are so completely obsessed with McLaren Vale Grenache, buy this six-pack.

This isn't six everyday Grenaches thrown together.

This is McLaren Vale Grenache's Greatest Hits.

Six brilliant producers.

Six individual vineyard expressions.

And some of the most exciting Grenache being made anywhere in Australia.

Juxtaposed. Willunga 100. Bulman. Aphelion. Paralian. Bondar.

The scores are extraordinary.

The vineyards are exceptional.

And together they tell the story of just how far McLaren Vale Grenache has come.

Six bottles | Combined RRP $363

2023 Juxtaposed Shadow Creek Vineyard Grenache

RRP $45 | 95 Wine Front | 95 Halliday | 95 Australian Wine Review

Three critics.

Three 95-point scores.

The Shadow Creek Vineyard sits in McLaren Flat, and Juxtaposed has turned it into a beautifully fragrant, detailed expression of Grenache.

Expect red cherry, raspberry, florals, spice and savoury complexity, with excellent freshness and fine tannins.

This isn't big, sweet Grenache.

It's controlled, detailed and incredibly drinkable.

95 + 95 + 95 for $45.

That's a cracking way to start.

2024 Willunga 100 Trott Vineyard Grenache

RRP $64 | 2 Trophies – Including Best Grenache, Royal Sydney Wine Show

97 Halliday | 97 Wine Advocate | 95+ Wine Front

One of the absolute stars of the pack.

Willunga 100 has been championing McLaren Vale Grenache for years, and the Trott Vineyard bottling shows what happens when you take the variety seriously.

The 2024 has amassed a formidable record:

2 TROPHIES

including:

BEST GRENACHE – ROYAL SYDNEY WINE SHOW

Then come the scores:

97 Points – Halliday Wine Companion

97 Points – The Wine Advocate

95+ Points – The Wine Front

This is elite-level Australian Grenache.

Perfumed and energetic, with red berries, cherry, florals, spice and beautifully fine tannins, but with the depth and structure to take it well beyond simple immediate drinkability.

Trophies. 97s. Single vineyard. McLaren Vale.

A serious bottle of Grenache.

2024 Bulman Gary's Vineyard Grenache

RRP $75 | 97 Halliday | 96 Wine Front

Bulman is another name rapidly becoming synonymous with serious Australian Grenache.

The Gary's Vineyard Grenache received:

97 POINTS – HALLIDAY

and

96 POINTS – THE WINE FRONT.

This is beautifully composed modern Grenache — perfumed red fruits, florals, spice and savoury detail wrapped around wonderfully fine tannins.

There's intensity without heaviness.

Power without over-ripeness.

And serious vineyard expression.

At 97 points, this is another bottle demonstrating that McLaren Vale Grenache now belongs at Australia's top table.

2024 Aphelion Hickinbotham Vineyard Grenache Noir

RRP $90 | 97 Halliday | 96 Wine Front

Now we're getting into seriously exciting territory.

Aphelion has built its reputation around Grenache, and the Hickinbotham Vineyard Grenache Noir sits right at the pointy end of the range.

The Hickinbotham Vineyard is one of McLaren Vale's great sites, sitting high in Clarendon and producing fruit with intensity, structure and beautiful natural freshness.

And look at the scores:

97 POINTS – HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION

96 POINTS – THE WINE FRONT

This is Grenache with genuine ambition.

Perfumed. Powerful. Structured. Mineral. Long.

At $90, it's the most expensive wine in the pack.

And it absolutely deserves its place.

2025 Paralian Marmont Vineyard Grenache

RRP $48 | 96 Halliday | 96 Wine Front

This could be the sleeper of the entire pack.

Paralian has become one of the names to watch in McLaren Vale, and the Marmont Vineyard Grenache is a beauty.

Two major critics have already landed in exactly the same place:

96 POINTS – HALLIDAY

96 POINTS – THE WINE FRONT

At an RRP of:

$48.

That's outstanding buying.

Expect a beautifully modern expression of McLaren Vale Grenache with bright red fruit, spice, perfume, freshness and fine-grained tannins.

96 + 96 for under $50.

There's not much more that needs saying.

2025 Bondar Rayner Vineyard Grenache

RRP $41 | 95+ Halliday Wine Companion

And finally:

Bondar.

One of our favourite McLaren Vale producers and a name that consistently delivers far more quality than the price suggests.

The Rayner Vineyard Grenache received:

95+ POINTS – HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION

and at just:

$41 RRP

it may be the value superstar of the entire six-pack.

Bondar's style suits Grenache beautifully — fragrance, fruit purity, freshness and savoury detail rather than sheer weight.

This is the sort of Grenache that disappears frighteningly quickly.

Why McLaren Vale Grenache Is So Exciting

Something extraordinary has happened to Grenache in McLaren Vale.

For decades, some remarkable old Grenache vineyards were undervalued, blended away or simply overshadowed by Shiraz.

Not anymore.

A new generation of producers has completely changed the conversation.

They're picking differently.

Extracting less.

Using oak more intelligently.

Embracing whole berries and whole bunches where appropriate.

And above all:

They're letting individual vineyards speak.

The result is a completely different vision of McLaren Vale Grenache.

Perfumed

Red fruited

Spicy

Savoury

Fresh

Silky

🪨 Site expressive

And the six wines in this pack demonstrate that brilliantly.

Six Vineyards. Six Expressions.

This isn't six bottles that all taste the same.

That's the whole point.

You get to move through different sites, winemakers and interpretations of Grenache.

1 x 2023 Juxtaposed Shadow Creek Vineyard Grenache

RRP $45 | 95 Wine Front | 95 Halliday | 95 Australian Wine Review

1 x 2024 Willunga 100 Trott Vineyard Grenache

RRP $64 | 2 Trophies including Best Grenache Royal Sydney | 97 Halliday | 97 Wine Advocate | 95+ Wine Front

1 x 2024 Bulman Gary's Vineyard Grenache

RRP $75 | 97 Halliday | 96 Wine Front

1 x 2024 Aphelion Hickinbotham Vineyard Grenache Noir

RRP $90 | 97 Halliday | 96 Wine Front

1 x 2025 Paralian Marmont Vineyard Grenache

RRP $48 | 96 Halliday | 96 Wine Front

1 x 2025 Bondar Rayner Vineyard Grenache

RRP $41 | 95+ Halliday

TOTAL RRP $363

 

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Look at Those Scores

This is where the pack becomes a little ridiculous.

Across six bottles you've got:

97

97

97

97

96

96

96

96

95+

95+

95

95

95

Plus:

🏆 TWO TROPHIES

including Best Grenache at the Royal Sydney Wine Show.

That is an extraordinary concentration of quality in one six-pack.

But even that isn't the main reason to buy it.

Why We Love This Pack

The real reason is simple:

This is a bloody brilliant Grenache tasting.

Get six glasses.

Get some friends around.

Open the lot.

And taste what is happening with modern McLaren Vale Grenache.

You'll see differences in:

Vineyard

Soil

Elevation

Winemaking

Whole bunch

Fruit profile

Tannin

Structure

Perfume

Yet running through all six is the beautiful combination of fruit, fragrance, spice, freshness and silky texture that makes great Grenache so addictive.

These aren't Shiraz substitutes.

They're not trying to be Pinot Noir either.

They're unmistakably:

McLAREN VALE GRENACHE.

And right now I genuinely think this is one of the most exciting categories in Australian wine.

McLAREN VALE GRENACHE'S GREATEST HITS

Six single-vineyard Grenaches

Multiple Trophy winner

Scores up to 97 points

Brilliant McLaren Vale vineyards

Six of the region's most exciting Grenache producers

Combined RRP $363

Juxtaposed. Willunga 100. Bulman. Aphelion. Paralian. Bondar.

There isn't a passenger in the box.

If you already love McLaren Vale Grenache, you're going to have an absolute ball with this pack.

And if you still need convincing that Grenache now deserves to stand alongside Australia's greatest Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Shiraz:

Open these six.

This is McLaren Vale Grenache's Greatest Hits.

👉 Six brilliant vineyards. Six brilliant producers. Scores up to 97 points. One hell of a Grenache tasting.