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Mr Riggs The Magnet Grenache (750mL)

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Aroma & Palate
Fruit-forward, cumin, chocolate
Varietal Grenache
Style Elegant & powerful
What the Experts Say

It’s from a 100-year-old vineyard (Dogridge). It sees 15% whole bunches. It’s 15% alcohol.

Alcohol gives the wine a clear warmth but the flavours are excellent. Cherries, anise, earth and spices, a kind of woody-earthiness without being overtly or excessively oak-influenced. It remains bright. It pushes with raspberry and musk. There’s a lot going on here, a lot of goodness.

91/100 - Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front

Our Notes

Coming in at a boozy 15% ABV, this “The Magnet” Grenache is not a subtle wine - at least, not at first. There’s chocolatey depth and a generously spiced structure behind the earthy, full-bodied and generously red-fruit-forward burst of flavour and the thick, almost jammy mouthfeel, though honestly this’d still be a hit if there weren’t.

From 100-year-old Grenache vines nearly lost to the ill-advised Vine Pull Scheme of the 1980s, which age has evidently served well.

Winemakers Comments

Having always wanted to make a Grenache and a variety that is making its own cult following in the region, I was drawn to a parcel of McLaren Vale fruit in which 100 year old Grenache vines were destined to be bulldozed. After witnessing the destruction of the ‘Vine Pull Scheme’ of the 1980’s where a majority of old vine Grenache was decimated in the region, I was determined to make sure these gnarly old vines were set to live longer……the rest they say is history.

About the Winery

Since 2001, winemaker Ben Riggs, a dead ringer for actor Michael McKean, has produced premium but unpretentious wines from a base in McLaren vale, making use of fruit from both that region and around South Australia.

The wines, driven by Riggs’ own time-honed tastes and whims, are as personality-driven as the label’s name suggests, and display lashings of regional terroir.

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Customer Reviews

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Gordon Boath (Sydney, AU)
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Lauren and Gordon

Lauren's favourite wine. Until now we've only been able to get it by the glass at our oval club. Thanks so much.

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Hayley Dearlove Willink (Brisbane, AU)
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Value: Only if it was needed
Don't order if you want it to arrive by time indicated

Worst customer service, arrived 2 months late, no compensation or comms.

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Helen Mcgee (Glasgow, GB)
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Bubbles ordered from Scotland

My daughter in law to be who lives in Melbourne loves Chandon Brut as I do when visiting.Always order from Secret Bottle for her birthday and Christmas and the odd “just because” occasion

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Simon Chown (Melbourne, AU)
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THEYJUST LOVED IT

Purchased two custom named bottles and the girls who received them just loved the extra thought

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Gregory Clapp (Sydney, AU)
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Didn't survive the transport

The Champagne survived, but one of the glasses was cracked when it arrived. Since they cost as much as the wine it is a poor investment.

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