2024 Ravensworth Regional Sangiovese

One of Australia's best value Sangioveses from a winemaker very passionate about the variety. The ultimate pizza wine!

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This is Bryan Martin’s ever-popular, ever-delicious take on Sangiovese, pulled together from a handful of vineyards across Canberra District and Hilltops. The fruit is picked with freshness in mind, keeping that trademark sangio crunch and brightness.

In 2024, the grapes saw a mix of whole berries and whole bunches in the ferment, giving the wine both juicy fruit and a gentle savoury lift. Maturation was mostly in old oak, just enough to soften the edges without dulling the freshness.

The result is light on its feet but still has that sangio grip and tangy acidity that makes it such a good food wine. Think pizza, pasta, anything with tomato – it just works. It’s not trying to be big or flashy, but it’s got character in spades and drinks beautifully young.

92 points - "A snappy, crunchy, true to form, crisp and clean red of just under medium weight, tart blood orange meets pomegranate juice, red cherry and red plum with dustings of sweet spice and dried herbs. A little amaro-like bitterness in there too, a cool, slightly minty and anise finish follows. Nouveau sangio vibes, almost. It is really nice to drink, like, really. Yeahhh." - Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)

Just released, our ever popular Sangiovese is such a great wine to have with just about any food. The gentle yet persistent fine tannins carry all the savoury notes of this very medium weight wine.

Collection: Regional
Vintage: 2024
GI: Hiltops, Canberra District
Vineyard source: Grove, Bit of Heaven, Bret Ridley's place
Harvest date: Late March - Mid April
Processing: on skins for three weeks
Élevage: 15 months
Vessels: Older barriques
Vintage conditions: a warm, early year
Bottling date: May 2024
Production: 1200 dozen
Cellaring: 5 - 7 years
Something interesting: Its our 21st year making sangiovese.
Drink with: Pasta right, or pizza at a pinch. Silvery small fish if you like

Price Bracket $31 to $40
Type Red
Body Medium Bodied
Variety Sangiovese
Country Australia
Region Hilltops
Australian State NSW
Reviewed By The Wine Front
Critic Score 92
Alcohol 13.5%
Size 750ml
Vintage 2024
Closure Screw Cap

Ravensworth

Bryan Martin is one of the most creative and inquisitive winemakers we've ever met. After leaving his position as winemaker alongside Tim Kirk at Canberra regional flagbearer, Clonakilla, Bryan went full steam in on his own label Ravensworth, which has firmly hit cult status amongst collectors.

He and his wife Jocelyn have a beautiful property outside of Murrumbateman which is home to all of their excellent Estate wines and Bryan also searches surrounding vineyards and out to the Hilltops region to compile his excellent value Regional series of wines. Sustainability and an unwavering commitment to quality across the board underpin the entire operation at Ravensworth. Perhaps best known for his benchmark Shiraz Viognier and textural Rieslings, Bryan is also arguably the country's best producer of Sangiovese and is a true master of the dark art of skin-contact whites.

Bryan embodies everything we love about small artisanal Australian producers. He is humble, irreverent, committed to the pursuit of excellence and always looking to explore. Quite simply, if you see a Ravensworth wine anywhere, you should buy it.

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