2024 S.C. Pannell Arido Rose
2024 S.C. Pannell Arido Rose

2024 S.C. Pannell Arido Rose

94 pts
S.C. Pannell |McLaren Vale |Grenache
Smart, dry, and easy to like - this is award-winning South Aussie rosé made with food and good company in mind.
Price:
$28.00
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Description

This is Steve Pannell’s take on dry rosé - light, crisp, and made for the way we eat and drink. It’s mostly Grenache from McLaren Vale, picked early and handled gently to keep things fresh and bright. No bells and whistles, just a clean, dry, quietly moreish wine with a bit of texture and savoury lift.

It’s pale in the glass, but there’s plenty going on underneath - red fruit, a bit of spice, maybe a twist of citrus peel. The finish is dry, with enough grip to hold up to food, though it’s just as easy to enjoy on its own.

It also took out Rosé of the Year in The Real Review’s 2025 awards, which says a lot about how well it’s been put together.

Rosé Wine of the Year AU 2025 Winner
"Stephen is a true master of McLaren Vale grenache. This rosé shows his skill is there whatever the format, producing a wine that speaks of the Vale itself. It will sing when served alongside the local produce or anything you choose: rosé of this calibre is just a delight to drink."
- The Real Review

Rosé Wine of the Year 2025

Rosé Wine of the Year 2025

The Real Review

Stephen is a true master of McLaren Vale grenache. This rosé shows his skill is there whatever the format, producing a wine that speaks of the Vale itself. It will sing when served alongside the local produce or anything you choose: rosé of this calibre is just a delight to drink.

Marcus Ellis

Marcus Ellis

Halliday Wine Companion 93 Points

From the Little Branch vineyard, direct-press grenache with 10% grenache gris. This is snappy, sapid, mouth-watering. Watermelon granita, Fuji apple, tart redcurrant, blood orange. There’s also a little earthiness and suggestion of spice. It’s coiled presently, tight and resolutely dry with cranberry skin texture. This was tasted prior to release and, no doubt, the fruit will flex and fill.

Erin Larkin

Erin Larkin

The Wine Advocate 93 Points

The 2024 Arido Grenache Rosé is made from handpicked dry-grown Blewitt Springs Grenache, arguably acting way beyond its "rosé" station. Here, the texture on the palate is chalky and structural, with garden rose and pomegranate, red apple and caper brine. This is a marvelous wine, a very good value and sensational fruit. 13% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.

Rosé Wine of the Year AU 2025 winner:

"Stephen is a true master of McLaren Vale grenache. This rosé shows his skill is there whatever the format, producing a wine that speaks of the Vale itself. It will sing when served alongside the local produce or anything you choose: rosé of this calibre is just a delight to drink" - The Real Review

93 points - "From the Little Branch vineyard, direct-press grenache with 10% grenache gris. This is snappy, sapid, mouth-watering. Watermelon granita, Fuji apple, tart redcurrant, blood orange. There’s also a little earthiness and suggestion of spice. It’s coiled presently, tight and resolutely dry with cranberry skin texture. This was tasted prior to release and, no doubt, the fruit will flex and fill." - Marcus Ellis (Halliday Wine Companion)

Very pale, barely there coral pink hue. Raspberry, red peppercorn and Cajun spice aromas. Bright and fresh, crunchy red apple and just-ripe raspberry fruit wrapped in notes of Chinese five spice and ruby grapefruit pith. Acidity keeps it lifted, fresh and precise, driving it long and handing over to a fine tannin grip to finish it dry.

Price Bracket $31 to $40
Type Rosé
Variety Grenache
Country Australia
Region McLaren Vale
Australian State SA
Reviewed By The Real Review
Halliday Wine Companion
Critic Score 94
93
Alcohol 13%
Size 750ml
Vintage 2024
Closure Screw Cap

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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