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SC Pannell 'Smart' Grenache 2021
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- TASTING NOTE: "Perhaps the finest vestige of old-vine grenache in the country, the Smart vineyard is elevated, cool and ferrous. Pannell seems to care little about the eucalypt inflections that mark his wines, presumably part of the terroir. I'll go with it. Bloodstone, tomato leaf, pickled ume, sour cherry and cardamon teem long. A wine of paradoxical beauty and older-school sensibilities." 95 Points - Ned Goodwin MW, Halliday
- ABOUT THE WINE: The grapes come from Smart Vineyard in Clarendon, grown on 66-year-old, bush-trained vines set on laminated dark and green siltstone at an elevation of 230 meters above sea level. They are hand-harvested and directly crushed, with 20% whole bunches added during fermentation. The mixture ferments in an open stainless steel fermenter, where the cap is regularly managed through pump-overs. Skin contact lasts for about ten days before gentle pressing. The wine then settles in tanks before being transferred to old French oak vats for malolactic fermentation and extended maturation. It is racked twice and bottled without fining, filtration, or additives.
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ABOUT THE PRODUCER: Established in 2004, S.C. Pannell is a celebration of Stephen and Fiona Pannell’s adopted region of McLaren Vale. Influenced by Stephen’s experience as Chief Red Winemaker at BRL Hardy, McLaren Vale was to prove the place from which the S.C. Pannell story began. While recognising and celebrating the region’s established styles, Stephen’s belief that a benign Mediterranean climate and a complex mosaic of ancient geology could foster a palate of varieties led to signature wines such as Grenache, Tempranillo, Touriga Nacional, Aglianico, Nero d’Avola and Fiano among others. Each reflecting the region’s climate and the Australian way of life, S.C Pannell wines are made to share with food and the people you love. Halliday
- COUNTRY: Australia
- REGION: McLaren Vale, South Australia
- VARIETAL: Grenache
- WINE STYLE: Red Wine
- WINEMAKER: Stephen Pannell
- CLASSIFICATION: Minimal Intervention, Unfined & Unfiltered, Sustainable Farming
- CLOSURE: Screwcap
- ABV%: 13.5%
- SIZE: 750ml
