Clandestine Vineyards #1, McLaren Vale, Grenache

• Vintage: 2018
• Origin: McLaren Vale, Western Australia
  
• Taste guide: This wine boasts a bright magenta colour with the nose showing spicy red berry fruit with underlying gravelly, loamy characters. The palate is vibrant, revealing cherries and five-spice, but as the wine opens in the glass these develop into darker, wild fruits which dance across the mid-palate. The finish is long with a touch of toasty, soft oak tannin.
• 75cl - 14.5% - Screwcap opening
• Food pairing: Grilled red meat, roast pork or a meat paella will pair nicely!
• Only 3600 bottles produced of this vintage - Estate Bottled

Nick and Trudy Stacy are backed by decades of industry experience and time-earned wisdom, sourcing fruit from some of the most exceptional yet impossible to access vineyards.

Pairing these rare harvests with the perfect winemaker, each hand-picked with the same discretion as the fruit itself. Tied to no one location, GI, or house style, they create extraordinary wines from unplundered fruits that lay beyond the reach of most. These are the Clandestine Vineyards.

With each wine that they craft, every piece of the winemaking puzzle has been carefully considered and deftly executed. However, knowing who, what, where and when is not enough.

With over thirty years in the wine industry, Nick & Trudy have established long term relationships with growers & vignerons within the key regions of Margaret River, Mount Barker, Adelaide Hills and McLaren Vale. The secret to making these wines lies within relationships that take time and trust to forge, something that simply can’t be bought. The key to these crucial relationships is held by their founders, Nick and Trudy.

They are the mind, the heart and the soul of Clandestine Vineyards. They understand great wine and they know how to unlock it—with a vision for every vintage that runs all the way from vine to glass.

Another cracking Aussie red here, great value at just under £16 as the RRP is £19.99 and we can’t find this elsewhere in the UK at the moment (April 2025). We could only source 18 bottles ourselves so don’t hang about.