The third year tending to the old vines was the latest and coolest vintage yet. The late season gave a wide picking window, allowing Mmad to harvest fruit at optimal ripeness. As a result, concentration and depth of flavour are balanced withlovely, cool-season aromatics. Intense red fruit and bakingspice continue through to a silky mid-palate, where lengthytannins effortlessly tie it all together. The grapes were mostly destemmed, and fermented in wood and concrete beforeaging in large, old French oak.

Grown on Maslin sand, with the oldest grenache vines planted in '39. Floral and sultry, with intense red fruits, dark raspberry, macerated strawberry and pomegranate juice, cracked whole spices, coal dust. There are black cherry notes, too, with a certain darkness to the vivid and lively fruit profile, the old vines having their say, perhaps. That quality is repeated on the palate, with the silkiness those vines yield a feature of all the releases thus far, the tannins resolute and resolved, carrying the flavours long. There’s a clear thread emerging with the MMAD wines that tell a distinctive story of place, and it’s one that’s exciting to watch unfold.

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Marcus Ellis, Halliday Wine Companion

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