Grenache Blend / GSM
Grenache, Shiraz (Syrah) and Mourvèdre are three Mediterranean grapes that produce a popular red blend. Most of France’s Southern Rhone wines follow the local Chateauneuf-du-Pape model where Grenache dominates, its high sugars and low tannins bringing full body and plump, candied cherry/berry fruit. Syrah is the most ‘all-round’ grape but blended it adds tannin structure, complex aromatics and blacker fruit flavours. Mourvèdre backs it up with more fruit depth and tannin but also a meaty/earthy complexity, with other Rhone grapes such as Carignan and Cinsault sometimes appearing too. Arguably everything to everyone - soft, rich, structured and complex - this blend was revived by California’s Rhone Rangers in the 1980s while in Australia very old plantings of the main three produce blends simply labelled GSM.

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2018 Hecht & Bannier Languedoc Rouge
John Caro
A juicy and characterful red from France's sunny Mediterranean coast. Grenache and Carignan ripen superbly under the care of Hecht and Bannier's select growers, with Syrah giving spicy darkish ... read more$24.99 in mixed 6+ or $27.99 per bottle -
2019 Domaine Janasse Cotes du Rhone
John Caro
A silky and superb Rhone Red made by the famous Sabon family. This classic Grenache-led offering has a perfect balance of vibrant fruit and satisfying full-body. The Janasse label has an ... read more$24.99 in mixed 6+ or $27.99 per bottle -
2018 Langmeil Three Gardens Barossa GSM
The Wine Front
Based on old vineyards on the warmer sites of Barossa, the Three Gardens brings togther the three great Rhone varieties which have been coexisting in the Barossa for more than a century and a ... read more$27.99 in mixed 6+ or $30.99 per bottle -
2018 Gerard Bertrand Grand Terroir Tautavel
Parker's Wine Advocate
A ripe and juicy red from Tautavel, in the Cotes de Roussillon of Mediterranean France. Here stony soils, shelter from rain and a little altitude provide a magnificent climate for the modern ... read more$29.99 in mixed 6+ or $33.99 per bottle -
2019 Tardieu Laurent Cairanne Les Lauzieres
John Caro
A delicious Cotes du Rhone from the region's rising star negociants, Tardieu Laurent. This Cru red from Cairanne comes under Tardieu's sub-label "Les lauzieres", for a more modest price. With ... read more$29.99 in mixed 6+ or $33.99 per bottle -
2019 Two Hands Brave Faces Barossa Grenache Shiraz Mataro
The Wine Front
A drop in price for this most popular of these Two Hands classic styles. The Brave Faces is a at the quality end of Aussie GSM, in a delicious balancing act of flavour and finesse. Only the best ... read more$36.99 in mixed 6+ or $40.99 per bottle -
2018 Spinifex Esprit GMC
The Wine Front
A rich and savoury Grenache blend from the Barossa. Spinifex are boutique players in Barossa, a couple originally from New Zealand and France who are influenced by the spirit of Southern French ... read more$39.99 in mixed 6+ or $44.99 per bottle -
2016 Xavier Vins Chateauneuf du Pape Rouge
Parker's Wine Advocate
A lush Chateaneuf from one of Chateauneuf's most respected consultant winemakers, Xavier Vignon. He has superb sources of fruit — but none of the costs of having his own vineyards — and ... read more$59.99 in mixed 6+ or $66.99 per bottle -
2017 Soumade Rasteau A Johanne
Parker's Wine Advocate
A special cuvee from Domaine Soumade, who Robert Parker called "Superstar of Rasteau." This is a prfoundly rich and concentrated selection of their finest fruit, which is named Johanne after the ... read more$69.99 in mixed 6+ or $77.99 per bottle -
2018 Clos des Papes Chateauneuf-du-Pape
Decanter
A legend in high demand. The Clos Des Papes offers dense complexity and elegance over a prospect of two-plus decades in cellar. This fine and "not at all overblown" red delivers Rhone richness ... read more$160.00 in mixed 6+ or $180.00 per bottle