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96
/ 100
Mike Bennie -
96
/ 100
James Halliday's Wine Companion
Red
Classification
Shiraz
Variety
2019
Vintage
750ml (Bottle)
Bottle Size
Australia
Country
South Australia, McLaren Vale
Region
14.0%
Alcohol %
5-10 Years
Cellaring
Scores
96 / 100"There’s a freshness and lift to the wine despite the concentration and layering of dark fruit, woody spice and general inkiness. The character of gewurz seems omnipresent despite no gewurz here – it’s floral and pretty shiraz, flirty and quite notably silky, more soft in the shiraz spectrum and red fruited inflections chime in with plum and dark, forest berry fruits. A lick of cola and char here but the wine floats and swishes on velvety tannins and finishes extremely long and fine."
- Mike Bennie
96 / 100
"GT could stand for either 'grafted' or ' gewürztraminer', given this is a 31-year-old shiraz block grafted to the latter. Fermented with ambient yeast replete with 23% whole bunches; 13 days on skins before mlf and a short stint in French puncheons (20% new). Racked once before bottling in Jul ’20. I can't stop mumbling about the wine's freshness and savour. Blue pastille, redcurrant, clove, lilac and dried salumi blend with a sachet of Indian spice that splits further with each sip. Clove, tamarind and sandalwood, too. The lightest of feel, yet framed by a jittery nerve of filigreed tannins and perky freshness driving length and promoting compression. Delicious already, but you'd be a fool not to give this time."
- James Halliday's Wine Companion
Tasting Notes
Steve Pannell is one of Australia's most renowned winemakers, regarded by peers & press as being utterly relevant and forward-thinking, at the same time as serving as a wise older statesman. This fact was celebrated recent when he was awarded Gourmet Traveller WINE Winemaker of the Year.
Koomilya vineyard is Stephen Pannell's own treasured site. He fell in love with it in the mid-1990s- and at this time nearly 25 years ago, he won the coveted Jimmy Watson with a Shiraz build upon a parcel of this vineyard!
In fact, Steve has won the Jimmy Watson Trophy twice now, as well as the prestigious 'Bushing King' title for best wine of show at the McLaren Vale Wine Show the last 3 out of 4 years. Steve is in a purple patch, and we're so glad to be able to sell his wines!
Tasting Profile
- Light
- Full
- Low Tannin
- Tannic
- Sweet
- Dry
- Low Acidity
- High Acidity