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MATARO
This is the first time since 2014 that we have done a 100% Mataro, back then we called it: "Monastrell" but also known as Mourvèdre. We feel like this is a real Australian version and we could not resist holding it back for a special small batch release. Intense pepper and rustic nose of red earth, dives into a big basket of blackberries, finishing with food-friendly tannins. It is firm now but has a solid structure for ageing, we are really proud of this, some power and passion here.
90 Points, Marcus Ellis, Halliday Wine Companion, February 2024:
Deep and darkly hewn with panforte, mixed spice, bitter wild herbs, blackberry, dried orange peel, anise and some dry-toned spice notes of long-ish oak ageing (21 months in older oak). It’s not a big wine in terms of richness or viscosity, but it’s an impactful mouthful, craggy, herbal, a bit rustic of feel. It’s no easy crowd-pleaser, but it is a savoury wine of character and detail.
LEASK SHIRAZ
We put our family name and crest to this wine, a testament to our clan motto “by virtue we grow” as top Shiraz requires patience and respect to grow & craft. Only made in what we see as exceptional years from this site, the previous vintages being 2018, 2016 and 2012. This version is particularly unique as since this wine was released, the vineyard it was on has now been planted out as a biodiversity haven. So, the last of an era as we seek out the next special place. Limited, bold and age worthy, we feel proud of it.
Reviews of 2021 Leask Shiraz:
5 stars, 95 points, Aaron Brasher, The Real Review, January 2024:
Inky, dark and opaque in the glass, an impressive colour. Deep, dark and brooding aromas of plum, blackberry, bramble, cedary oak, dried herbs and anise. Powerful, plush and concentrated in flavour. Plum, mulberry, blackberry and sweet oak flavours are all at play in a very decadent way. The tannins are firm and shapely and work well to tame the opulent fruit.
Reviews of 2018 Leask Shiraz:
95 points (gold), 2021 The Real Review, Huon Hooke:
A lovely, dark, impenetrable purple in the glass. Black cherry, olive tapenade, iodine and dried herbs are the features of the aromatics. There's plenty bubbling away here, quite evocative. Powerful but balanced flavours of dark plum and black cherry, there's also some 70% cacao chocolate and creamy oak adding structure, texture and mouthfeel. The tannins have an obvious presence ensuring all that power is focused and the length is long, firm and serious.
93 Points, WineFront, Mike Bennie:
Top flight wine from the good folks at Hither & Yon. Powerful red, deep and dark. Brooding and feels like it’s just a wee baby. Ripe plum, sticky salted liquorice, woody spice, truffle and earth. Big and bold. Throaty and warm. Dark chocolate tannins all powdery and assertive. Done well, no missing this wine.
93 Points, James Suckling, June 2021:
Very attractive red berries and cherries here with some earth and chocolate too. The palate has a smooth feel with plush, gently grainy tannins carrying long. Approachable.
90 Points, Royal Adelaide Wine Show 2020.
Reviews of 2016 Leask Shiraz:
James Halliday, Wine Companion, August 2018, 94 points.
This must have come from a very special site, with no frills vinification. It is medium to full-bodied, with exceptional mouthfeel, velvety but not the least heavy, the role of oak limited. It all works well. 26 years old vines, hand-picked, open-fermented, matured in used French puncheons for 18 months.
LEASK GRENACHE
The 2021 Leask Grenache is now available after spending three years in bottle. Red berry fruit, wild mint and blood orange, reel you in. The palate is darker, of black cherry and brown earth with succulent, fine tannins, finishing with a savoury and pepper laden edge. A very natural feeling drinking this wine, which tastes like the place it came from, a lightness of being, a special place in the Vale. Please serve in a large glass or decant for one hour prior to serving to allow the tension in the wine to release.
Reviews of 2021 Leask Grenache:
95 points, Marcus Ellis, Halliday Wine Companion, September 2025:
Off 1940s bush vines on red-brown loam and deep sand with some ironstone. It’s a lower-lying but later-ripening site in the foothills; 10% whole bunches; older puncheons for seven months. There’s tertiary development here. Crushed autumn leaves, roasted chestnut and worn leather, along with anise, cracked pepper, dried blackberry, amaro, bitter red aperitivo, muted musk and a rusty-bloody note. Under this lurks red fruit, somewhere in the cranberry, pomegranate and cherry spectrum, but not at all fruity with it. Sitting at medium weight and marrying transparency with power, this is savoury and vibrantly fresh on the palate. Such an individual wine; Italianate in a way. Not easy, yet charmingly so.
96 points, Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, May 2025:
This is graceful and complex, showing dark berry, dried herb, cured meat, and warm spice aromas on the nose. The concentrated palate displays outstanding weight and silky flow, wonderfully complemented by plush texture and delicate, grainy tannins. It's robust, sturdy, yet refined and sophisticated, with a sustained, engaging finish. At its best: now to 2036.
Reviews of 2020 Leask Grenache:
92 points, Winepilot, Jeni Port, May 2024:
Welcoming and bright in personality is definitely what you like to see in a four-year-old. The fragrance is aromatic and lifted in wildflower, musk, juniper and red berries. Takes a darker course on the palate, building in depth and intensity, revealing a more serious side – once again, something you might expect and definitely like to see in a flagship wine. The power of the Grenache fruit is impressive and solid in dark plum, black cherry, earth, clove, black pepper wrapped in supple tannins and with good persistence, it’s an easy wine to get to love. That extra spark of peppery spice towards the finish lifts what is, at its heart, a relatively weighty, ripe, McLaren Vale Grenache.
97 points, Decanter, David Sly, January 2024:
Much is suggested on a vivacious nose, but beneath soft and cuddly red-fruited flavours, lean and powerful dark fruit muscle flexes in the mid-palate. A whole cohesive package. Very elegant and sinewy for a wine with such a deliberate drive at its core. One to contemplate. 10% whole bunch, matured 13 months in three-year-old 400-litre French oak puncheons.
91 points, Halliday Companion 2022, Ned Goodwin MW:
Old vines, dating from the 1940’s. Fermented wild in open-top fermenters. A brief maceration compared to the regional vanguard, with just 11 days on skins. Three years in used 400L French wood. Whole-berry aromatics of kirsch, rosewater and mulled wine. A swathe of menthol-laced tannins define the mid palate, while drying the finish. There is a lightness of being. A welcome pliancy, too. Just too minty.
Reviews of 2019 Leask Grenache:
93 points, James Suckling 2021, Nick Stock:
Fresh raspberry, wild-herb and wet-stone aromas here with pomegranate and blood orange, as well as dried flowers. The palate holds a succulent line of tannin and fresh, bright raspberries, together with kumquat and blood orange. I like the sturdiness here.
90 points, Halliday Companion 2022, Ned Goodwin MW:
A pallid ruby, with a spindly shaft of fibrous tannins, crunchy red berry and pomegranate scents heralding better Vale grenache. A vibrant grenache, showcasing a transparent pinosity.
Reviews of 2018 Leask Grenache:
95 points, Jane Faulkner, James Halliday Wine Companion, August 2021:
Vines planted in the '40s, whole berry with 10% whole bunches, cultured yeast and aged in French puncheons for 17 months. There's a lightness across the palate from fine sandpaper tannins and cherry and raspberry fruit. It's a lovely wine with savoury inputs and not at all confected. A whiff of pine needle/Mediterranean herbs comes and goes.
92 points, James Suckling:
There's quite a fresh and attractively crisp feel to this gently bold expression of Christie's Beach Formation soil type. The berries tread the line from red to darker tones and there's a savory, earthy edge. The palate has a succulently, bold and fluid feel with attractive tannin grain and a little grip.
97 points, James Halliday 2020 Wine Companion :
The sparks fly. It's rare for such a light wine to feel so imposing. The fruit is crisp and spicy, aniseed notes almost seem unsweetened, there's mint served in ever-so-pure form, and the way tannin introduces tension to the wine's unfolding drama is quite exquisite. It's grenache in a sky full of diamonds. It's something.
Reviews of 2016 Grenache:
97 points,James Halliday, Wine Companion, August 2018:
The first 100% varietal grenache by Hither & Yon. Bright, clear colour; a perfumed rose petal, spice and red fruits bouquet, the palate 100% delicious. A beautiful, effortless achievement of perfection, the red fruits and satin smooth tannins show none of the hot alcohol, dead fruit characters that I'm sure other makers might have achieved. I'm marching off with this to drink tonight
Mike Bennie, WBM July 2018, 94 points:
Pretty, perfumed Grenache of high-toned floral and sweet spice fragrance, medium weight red berry fruitiness, a layer of vanilla-clove spice running riot. A plush, velvety feel to texture, too. Big tick for quality at price point. 14.2%, $80.
Grenache Quad
We're excited to be celebrating Grenache all month long in September, the perfect red wine for spring, and a world-class variety coming from McLaren Vale.
Our ‘Grenache Quad’ is beautifully packaged in a custom Hither & Yon gift box. This is a great way to experience the different expressions of Hither & Yon Grenache.
This pack includes:
2023 Grenache Carignan, 2023 Grenache Mataro, 2024 Sand Road Grenache & 2021 Leask Grenache (old vine) so that you can taste the diversity of this grape variety, and also the influence of our place and farming on the wine style.