Our first call of duty with this wine is to give it a bit of time to open up, maybe 30min in a decanter or just splash it around in your wine glass (no white shirts). Once this Grenache has had a few minutes to collect itself, it really opens up with an array of strawberries and raspberries, a lick of aniseed and plenty of baking spices.

Origin: Aragon, Spain. Mainly Grown In: France, Spain, Italy, USA, Australia and South Africa. Key Facts: Grenache is a life-of-the-party kind of grape — fun, fruity, and charismatic with a spicy pep to its feet and an inviting warmth of approachability. And, despite its Spanish origin and well established 19th century home in France (where it so happened to be the Pope’s wine of choice) the world's oldest continuously producing Grenache vines are actually where the life of the party always has been; Australia. Grenache is lighter in body and softer in tannin than many other red grapes which is why it is both so easy to drink on its own and why it's teamed up to make blends (like GSM) with other grapes that may need a friendlier touch to soften up them up and chill out their bold, up-tight and tannic tendencies. Fun Fact: Grenache does best when grown in very warm climates.