Koomilya Cabernet Shiraz 2015

"This was the vineyard I fell in love with and most wanted to own." - Steve Pannell, Owner/Winemaker.

The classic Australian blend: 80% Cabernet Sauvignon off our 70-year-old CP block and 20% Shiraz off the GT block. Hand harvested on 26th February. The fruit spent 14 days on skins, before being pressed off, with the hard pressings removed. The wine was naturally fermented in open-top fermenters, which is the key to this style of wine, giving it greater complexity. Transferred to stainless steel tanks for 28 days until completion of malolactic conversion, and then sent to 2500-litre vats. Bottled on 8th June 2016 spending a total of 10 months in oak.

"Floral, but iodine and earthy, cedar and mint, red and black fruits, baking spice. It’s medium-bodied, soft and supple, such an easy charm and grace about it, fine powdery tannin, inner mouth-perfume, perfect acidity, and a very long finish where the tannin unfurls and shapes up the wine beautifully. Roses and dirt. Bass and treble. Classic Aussie red." - 96 Points, Gary Walsh, The Wine Front

Country: Australia
Producer: SC Pannell
Region: McLaren Vale