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Wine of the Day, No. 533

Wine of the Day, No. 533

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Fredric Koeppel
Oct 03, 2019
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2015 BP Front label jpg

The Kay Brothers "Basket Pressed" Grenache 2017, McLaren Vale, is not "bold and showy," as I just read about a red wine in an email directed to me, but lithe, subtle and elegantly balanced. There's a bare two percent shiraz to the 98 percent grenache. The color is an entrancing and totally transparent medium red-ruby hue; aromas of cranberry, pomegranat…

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