While revealing dense, grippy tannins, this still gives the juicy blackberry and huckleberry flavors room to shine, joined by generous cedar, dried herb and tobacco accents. Drink now. 600 cases imported.??–MW??Region: Australia / McLaren Vale Select to Add

This 2019 The Custodian Grenache is sleek and concentrated, with a plume of warmth through the finish. With plenty of dark berry flavor on the mid-palate, the wine is shaped by fine tannins through the finish.

A ripe, full-bodied effort, d'Arenberg's 2017 The Custodian Grenache features notes of crushed stone layered over Italian plums and dark chocolate. The tannins are supple, there's ample concentration and the gently dusty finish picks up alluring hints of licorice. It's not the perfumed, less-extracted style that's in vogue at the moment, but it delivers what consumers have come to expect from this label.

Peppery and robust, with flavors of paprika, smoke and dried cherry set on a firm frame. A mineral note lingers in the background. Drink now. 600 cases imported.??–MW??Region: Australia / McLaren Vale Select to Add

The 2016 The Custodian Grenache is sourced from about 40 growers around McLaren Vale. Ripe, full-bodied yet tight and constrained, it offers dusty, dark-fruit aromas and flavors of mulberries and plums. Give it another year in bottle to loosen up a bit.