Among the finest iterations of straight grenache in the world. Irrefutably. Tastes akin to top-drawer Burgundy, much like Rayas, with a similar Mediterranean jive of sweet fruit. Mid-weighted of touch, with a veil of chiffon tannins enveloping clove, white pepper, Seville orange, tamarind and kirsch. Ineffable really, so good is it. The feeling, ethereal, nervous and jittery; graceful and optimistic, such is the beauty on show. This could easily be nudged one more point upwards - Ned Goodwin MW

Polygon 3 is grown on limestone, which brings elegance and minerality. Having just tasted a group of 2022 Grenaches, I was reflecting on the possibility that I might just prefer Grenache is two windows of drinking. Firstly, extremely young. The attractiveness of youth is almost impossible to resist. Secondly, five or more years in bottle. With Grenache, I find the fruit very quickly subsumed by characters of black pudding, blood, truffles and mushrooms—highly seductive but a total change of gear from the vibrancy of youth. Here, this 2020 Polygon 3 Grenache has had the edge of youth rubbed off of it, but it has not yet gained the secondary complexity of age. From a very warm and low-yielding vintage, this wine shows a brooding nature of pepper-rolled pastrami, charred sandalwood, pomegranate molasses and brine. There is some orange zest through the finish. The iron content of the soil accounts for the reduction at the beginning of this wine. Air releases this reduction, and it is a completely different wine now. In a hot year, such as 2020, it is crucial that the picking is executed exactly when it needs to be. It cannot be a day or two later. We lose everything. 680 bottles only, 13.3% alcohol, sealed under natural cork.

The 2020 Grenache Polygon No. 3 is shy - it needs plenty of time to open up. Arresting wild raspberry aromas show impressive purity, boosted by a meaty wood smoke undertow. The frame is muscular and tannic - the fruit tightly wound in a firm mineral-driven package. The undoubtedly impressive length and complexity promise a wild ride over the next decade.

Made from 0.274 ha of 70-year-old Grenache vines growing in red dirt over crumbly fractured limestone, shot through with lumps of schist ; ambient-yeast ferment, 100% whole bunch, in concrete ‘tulip’, pressed to 700-litre concrete egg, aged for 15 months. The ‘lighter’ and more ‘elegant’ of the two polygon Grenaches released from the 2020 vintage, this is redolent of fine, floral, perfumed red berries and macerated red cherry, and has a lovely, flowing quality of tannin that floods the mouth . (MA)

Tasted from Coravin Vinitas test-tube-like sample container (100 ml). NASAA certified organic and biodynamic. A low-yielding vintage – 50% down on the long-term average. Polygon 3 is just 0.274 ha and contains approximately 200 vines. There is shallow red brown earth over deep chalky sedimentary limestone which contains fractured schist and the limited presence of iron (revealed by studies with terroir specialist Pedro Parra). The fruit was hand-picked and sorted before being fermented with only indigenous yeast in one concrete tulip. All the fruit was left as whole bunches in 2020. It was basket-pressed and matured for 15 months in a 700-litre Nomblot concrete egg before bottling and ageing in bottle. 680 bottles and 90 magnums made. Lightish crimson. Delicate, fragrant, sweet little red berries like wild strawberries but also a touch of dried sour cherry alongside a stone-dust minerality and hint of spice. Subtle yet complex. The tannins are remarkably fine but still a little bit clenched, the wine so youthful even though the aroma was immediately open and inviting. Linear in the mouth and extremely persistent. (JH)