Larnook Blewitt Springs Grenache 2022

"A delicious wine from centurion bush vines on deep sandy soil; matured in old French puncheons for nine months; 25% whole bunches. It's spicy, flora, ferrous and minerally; cherries and red fruits abound on the complex, reserved, mid-weight palate. Fine nebbiolo-like tannins and fresh acidity to finish. Compelling and great value."  Nick Munday, Canterbury Wines - 95 points and Special Value Wine  ★ 

"Grenache grown on 100-year-old bush vines. It’s a treat. It’s firm, spicy, meaty and complex, the fruit all charm and nuance, the structure nebbiolo-esque in its laciness and tension. Cherries, earth, sand, twiggy herbs and a meaty, undergrowth-y, X-factor element. It’s not dense but nor is it light, and it has presence in spades.  Drink 2024-2032+."  Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front - 94 points  

Special Value Wine – Canterbury Wines  ★ 

Alexia Roberts

Winemaker Alexia (Lexi) Roberts had been crafting award-winning wines for almost two decades in the McLaren Vale region for brands such as Penny's Hill, Black Chook and Wirra Wirra when she and her family found a property on top of a hill in the sandy soils of Blewitt Springs. The picturesque property contained a small vineyard at an elevation of 140m planted with two of McLaren Vale’s regional hero varieties, Grenache and Shiraz. The old bush-vine Grenache was planted in 1922, making the vines over 100 years old, while the Shiraz was planted in 1999. They knew they'd found their new home.

The family established Larnook Wines in 2022. Larnook is an aboriginal name meaning 'to build a camp or nest'. The aim and philosophy were simple – to hand craft premium wines that express the iconic McLaren Vale wine region. Larnook produces single vineyard wines from their Blewitt Springs home block, together with a collection of small batch wines made from fruit sourced from quality growers in the McLaren Vale region.

Larnook is a small label to watch. Quality is high across the board and Lexi hit the ground running by taking out the Chairperson's Trophy at the 2022 McLaren Vale Wine Show for her inaugural Grenache Gris - the first wine in Australia made from this variety to be awarded a major Trophy.

Lexia is an advocate of planting alternative white grape varietals in McLaren Vale. In addition to a Grenache Gris she also produces a Picpoul, both of which are grown primarily in the south of France. "I think it's about connecting to the Mediterranean climate and producing wines that work really well with our lifestyle," she says. "We're a coastal wine region, with lots of seafood; we’re big on local, seasonal produce, and I want to make wines that have great drinkability, that work well with those food pairings. I'm looking to make whites that have interest, that have flavour and structure."

We want you to enjoy your wines as soon as possible and endeavour to dispatch orders as quickly as we can. It may take us a little longer during sales or peak trading periods, so kindly keep that in mind if you are purchasing for a special occasion.

Shipping Cost

Delivery is free on any order of 12 or more bottles to Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Gold Coast, Newcastle, Sunshine Coast, Wollongong and rural Victoria.

On orders of 12 or more bottles to all other areas, we cover a percentage of the shipping costs. Shipping is calculated at checkout.

For orders of less than 12 bottles Australia wide, shipping is calculated at checkout.

Insurance

All orders are fully insured.

Standard Delivery

We use Australia Post and a Specialist Wine Courier (Anonymous Wine Freight) for domestic deliveries. Your location will determine which of these delivery services will be available.

Couriers will not telephone ahead to notify you of time of delivery and delivery on specific days can not be guaranteed.

While a large number of destinations are serviced within 48 hours or less, please allow up to 14 days for delivery within Australia.

Specialist Wine Delivery Service

We offer a specialist temperature-controlled wine delivery service called Anonymous Wine Freight to deliver your wine if you live close to the CBD in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney or Perth, or live in Byron Bay, Gold Coast, Mornington Peninsula or Geelong. If Anonymous Wine Freight services your postcode, the option to use them will appear on checkout. Here is a link to the list of postcodes they service. 

They are highly recommended as they ship in refrigerated transport to climate-controlled warehouses in each metro area before they make their way to your delivery address in air-conditioned vehicles for the last kilometers. In addition, they will even call you by phone at the time of delivery if they encounter any problems.

Please find their delivery schedule below.

Pick-up

If you live in Melbourne, you can pick up your order from our office in Camberwell by prior arrangement. Please select the 'Pick Up' delivery option during checkout and we will contact you to arrange a suitable time for pick-up once the order has been packed.

What if I won’t be home?

If you may not be home at the time of delivery and would like the wine left in a safe place, please give Authority to Leave (ATL) and any delivery instructions in the 'DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS & ATL' at the bottom of the shopping cart, located just above the CHECKOUT button. 

If you have requested delivery with Australia Post and have not given Authority to Leave, a signature will be required on delivery. If you miss the postman, the order will be taken to your local Post Office for collection.

If you have requested delivery with our specialist wine courier (Anonymous Wine Freight), the driver will phone you for instructions if you are not at home at the time of delivery. If he can't contact you, the order will be taken to their local depot and can be re-delivered subject to a $20.00 fee.

Summer Heat Policy

If during hot weather you would like us to delay dispatch of your order to avoid potential heat damage to your wine please let us know. We are more than happy to store your order in our climate controlled warehouse until the weather is cooler. Please add the request in the 'DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS & ATL' at the bottom of the shopping cart, located just above the CHECKOUT button.

Alternatively, we may email you and request to delay dispatch of your order until the weather is cooler. If this happens, you can of course request immediate delivery if you wish.

International Shipping

We deliver wine to a number of destinations worldwide. If you require overseas delivery, please email us with the relevant information and we will advise you if we can deliver to your selected destination and the shipping costs involved.

International orders are supplied GST free. Please be aware that you will be responsible for the payment of all duties and taxes that are levied by your local authorities.

Minimum order requirements apply.