A variety I have great hope for in our warm climate.
Steve Pannell, Owner/winemaker
About The Wine
Stephen Pannell's curiosity with Italian varieties continues here with this fun, eye-catching Montepulciano.
If you aren't familiar with the variety, it's not at all dissimilar from something like a Shiraz. It shows deep, dark fruit, smooth velvety tannin and flecks of spice.
It's the perfect gateway into Italian varieties for those who are used to drinking the Aussie classics.
You take these varietal characteristics, add a seasoning of the classic 'McLaren Vale chocolate' that the region is known for, and you've got yourself a slinky, seductive red that's primed to match with an array of food, anytime, anywhere.
About 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.
McLaren Vale, SA
From The Producer
This is definitely a happy wine and a variety Stephen has great hope for in our warm climate. The wine is an immediate pleasure but given a moment can be contemplative and cerbral. In a way it’s the red version of Fiano with the same juxtaposition of lean and ripe.
82% Case Vineyard, Langhorne Creek and 18% from our Olivers Road Vineyard in McLaren Vale; the first harvest off grafted vines right next to our cellar door. McLaren Vale fruit was harvested mid-March and Langhorne Creek mid-April. Each parcel vinified was seperately but identically: 13 days on skins in stainless steel before gentle pressing, malolactic fermentation in puncheons before maturation in French-oak vat and puncheons.
Blend : Montepulciano (100%)
ABV : 14.00%
Closure : Screw cap
Drink Until : 2024
Bottle Size : 750ml
McLaren Vale, SA
Critic Reviews
"Cabernet-like herbaceous character follow before finishing with a lick of toffee apple sweetness and mild sopressa. The palate is as dark and rich as the colour and finishes with mulberries freshly picked from the tree and eaten in the lazy warmth of summer. In terms how it feels, it's medium-bodied, calm, relaxed, soft, generous, powerful and provocative. The tannins are mild and velvety; this may be the perfect crossover wine with the richness of Shiraz matched with the regal tone of Cabernet combined in a variety that is coping with our climate." - Stephen Pannell
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