Chapel Hill, McLaren Vale (South Australia) Grenache 2010

 If you love grilled meat with a spicy rub, you should tune into the fact that a serious rendition of Garnacha from Spain or Grenache from France or Australia is the Holy Grail of wine accompaniments for your beloved food.  This wine is a stellar example, showing wonderfully open, aromatic, deeply flavorful fruit recalling both red and black cherries as well as a raspberry note and a nice little kick of spice in the finish.  Wines in this mode that are too ripe and thick become tiring to drink over time, but this one gets the style just right.