Bekkers Grenache 2022
Wines taste best when shared with friends!
Bekkers has been one of my red wine 'finds' over the past 2 years but they are certainly not everyday drinking at $100+ (no matter how good they are). Not surprisingly the winery specialises in Shiraz and Grenache, and blends of the two.
Without fail I have found the wines to be remarkably smooth, calm and friendly yet clearly have the bones for medium term aging.
"Bekkers brings together 2 high-performing, highly experienced and credentialled business and life partners. Toby Bekkers graduated with an honours degree in applied science in agriculture from the University of Adelaide, and over the ensuing years has had broad-ranging responsibilities as general manager of Paxton Wines in McLaren Vale and as a leading exponent of organic and biodynamic viticulture. Emmanuelle was born in Bandol in the south of France and obtained 2 university degrees, in biochemistry and oenology, before working for the Hardys in the south of France, which led her to Australia and a wide-ranging career, including Chalk Hill." James Halliday
"From five sites, three in Blewitt Springs and one each in Kangarilla and the Onkaparinga Hills. About 27% whole bunches; maturation in mainly older French puncheons and some concrete. This is a tick headier than the general grenache zeitgeist, but it is nonetheless a thoroughly modern iteration – just a thoroughly individual one. Whorls of wild red fruits and exotic spices peel off on the nose with a complex fretwork of minerals, iron-like and silty, gravelly, almost slatey in a way. Wild cherry, clove-studded orange, black cherry juice, damson plum, angelica and freshly ground white pepper. It closes with a little warmth, but it is no distraction, the finish lithe, spicy and vibrant." 95pts | Marcus Ellis | Halliday Wine Companion
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