2021 S.C Pannell Merrivale Shiraz

Highly Rated
Dark and intense single vineyard Shiraz made with minimal additions. What Steve Pannell calls a "McLaren Vale Shiraz without inhibition."

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Description

This concentrated and intense single vineyard Shiraz from S.C. Pannell is named after the original vineyard's owners.

The block on Olivers Road runs from East to West which helps obtain fruit ripeness at lower baume/ alcohol levels, and the ironstone soils give structure of the wine.

It's an unadulterated McLaren Vale red with minimum additions and only two months in oak puncheons. The flavours are sweet and savoury, full of dark earth, spice, mulberry fruit and an ironstone, graphitey mouthfeel. There's a good whack of acidity too.

The last Shiraz block standing on our Olivers Road vineyard made without additions and in a style that will surprise and delight lovers of McLaren Vale Shiraz.

The palate starts with dark flavours but has a deft touch with shades of Ribena and cassis plus cassia bark, rhubarb and citrus peel. There's mystery here and an opening to Shiraz's real persona without its usual mask of oak and artifice. Mellow and plush with a cool entry; the tannins grip and linger with shape and persistence. The finish is velvety with a savoury umami draw down on the back palate to amp the complexity further. Once again, a McLaren Vale Shiraz without inhibition, set free from the shackles of oak and additions

Region: McLaren Vale, SA
Blend: Shiraz (100%)
ABV: 14.70%
Closure: 750ml
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97 Points - "Very deep, almost opaque purple colour, almost glass-staining. The bouquet is reserved and shy, latent and dense, brooding and powerful—and it's the same on the palate. Tar, graphite, ironstone and black soil. A big, bold, robust shiraz, full-bodied and muscular, with tremendous middle-palate fruit sweetness, richness and masses of ripe, smooth tannins. Impressive concentration and persistence. The regional fruit shines like a beacon. A heroic red wine with a great future." - Huon Hooke (The Real Review)

92 Points - "A full-weighted, strongly regional wine plying reduction and a herbal deck of clove, tea tree oil and anise. Confers savouriness while evincing tension. Otherwise, a densely packed palate of nori, satsuma plum and Bing cherry is lifted by sassafras, ume and preserved lemon at the finish. A satisfying wine of ample fruit, a waft of structure and considerable poise, without any forfeit of approachability." - Ned Goodwin MW (Halliday Wine Companion)

S.C. Pannell

Quite simply, Stephen Pannell is one of Australia’s finest and most imaginative winemakers. He’s a Jimmy Watson Trophy winner, a McLaren Vale Bushing King winner, a two-time Max Schubert Trophy winner, International Red Winemaker of the Year and Decanter Magazine’s 50 Most Influential Contributors to the World of Wine. Nick Stock described him as potentially “one of the greatest Australian winemakers ever to make wines in our age”.

Steve’s wines are made with modern Australian food and wine culture at the front of mind. The wines come from a range of stunning McLaren Vale and Adelaide Hills vineyards, and are made from sustainable varieties that properly suit his South Australian climate. They're built around brightness of fruit and savoury tannin structure, and whatever your poison is Steve has you covered!

He is truly one of the most forward-thinking and inspirational Australian winemakers alive today.

Visionary winemaker Stephen Charles Pannell Discover S.C. Pannell

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