The 2016 Granum comes from the estate’s best, stoniest sites, containing around 30% Mourvedre, and was matured entirely in puncheons and concrete vats rather than barriques. It has a tight-knit bouquet at first, offering blackberry, briar, fennel and light seaweed/marine scents that lend more complexity. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin and quite saline on the entry; white pepper and ginger infuse the blackberry and mulberry fruit. There is a floral note toward a finish that lingers nicely in the mouth, and a sustained spiciness that lasts 30 seconds or more. Excellent. 93 points

Granum hails from a rocky, south-facing site and marries Syrah with 22% Mourvedre. Peppery, savoury and still quite tight, even in a hot year like 2016, this is stony, compact and layered, with meaty, black olive and tapenade flavours and a spine of tannin. 93 points