Inspired by the Grenache blends of the southern Rhône, Grenache is the hero of this blend, alongside a fruit salad of red grapes including Carignan, Counoise, and Mourvèdre. Round, a little earthy, a little spicy, but full of red and black fruits, this feels both easy to love and yet full of spicy intrigue.

Yangarra isn't so much a wine business as a vineyard that turns the labours of the vine into wine. Located in the sandy soils of Kangarilla, in the upper part of McLaren Vale, the heart of this operation is a celebrated old plot of Grenache planted way back in 1946. Home to almost a quarter of the old vine Grenache in 'The Vale', the Yangarra Vineyard is also planted to a wondrous array of grape varieties, including the full complement of the 13 permitted varieties in the famous Châteauneuf-du-Pape region (except Picardan). Farmed organically and biodynamically since 2008, the textured whites, savoury rosé and wildly charismatic reds from Yangarra are made with a fittingly complex array of methods to deliver some of the country's most interesting wines, whether it's the bright fragrance of Picpoul, the layered, concrete-egg-matured Ovitelli Grenache Blanc white or the legendary High Sands Grenache, with an array of intriguing Roussanne, Shiraz and blends in between.