All but decimated by the government’s 1980’s vine pull scheme, McLaren Vale has 450 hectares of Grenache, representing just 6.15% of plantings. But, punching above its weight, it is no coincidence that the Southern Australian region has hosted the pan-Australian James Halliday Grenache Challenge (JHGC) since it began in 2017.
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Sarah Ahmed’s Top 20 McLaren Vale Grenaches
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