Penny's Hill Footprint McLaren Vale Shiraz 2018 (Australia)

Penny's Hill Footprint McLaren Vale Shiraz 2018 (Australia)French oak Plum & black berry Dark chocolate Earthiness "Combing opulence with grace and impeccable balance, its gloriously expressed on the nose showing dark and purple fruit characters with spicy oak, dark cocoa, tapenade and violet nuances. The palate exhibits exceptional concentration and persistency, offering multi layered mouthfeel and velvety tannins. Substantial and captivating with loads of attractive flavours. At its best: 2024 to 2040" Sam

• French oak
• Plum & black berry
• Dark chocolate
• Earthiness

"Combing opulence with grace and impeccable balance, it’s gloriously expressed on the nose showing dark and purple fruit characters with spicy oak, dark cocoa, tapenade and violet nuances. The palate exhibits exceptional concentration and persistency, offering multi-layered mouthfeel and velvety tannins. Substantial and captivating with loads of attractive flavours. At its best: 2024 to 2040" Sam Kim, Wine Orbit, Jun 2020

Rich and powerful, this wine is Penny’s Hill shiraz at its complex best. Showcasing satsuma plum and black berry fruits with cedar, spice, dark chocolate and hints of savouriness. On the palate, the fruit shows purity and elegance combined with mineral tones and focused oak; its layers of earthiness and complexity continue. The 2018 ‘Footprint’ Shiraz is an opulent wine with a magical intensity and drive that best reflects the terroir in which the fruit is grown. Drink now to 10+ years.

From selected rows of the our highest elevation Shiraz plantings, Footprint is McLaren Vale at its optimum. Remarkably pure, rich, full-bodied and well balanced, Footprint best expresses the combined influence of terroir and man's handywork.

The original Penny’s Hill Vineyard is situated on the foothills east of McLaren Vale and experiences a climate slightly cooler than the valley floor that contributes to more even ripening temperatures. From 1654 clone and planted in 1991 on Kurrajong formation, with geology consisting of clayey sands and silica-cemented conglomerate, these Shiraz vines are low yielding and produce grapes of exceptional quality and complexity. Narrow planted, in east-west orientation, these rows are 2.2m wide with high density 1.5m vine spacing, effectively reducing the yield per vine and dramatically raising quality. Vines are hand tended and spur pruned on a single cordon and together with precise canopy and water management the excellence of this Shiraz parcel is captured. As with each vintage of ‘Footprint’, only the most outstanding rows of Shiraz are hand selected for this limited edition, super premium release.

From the selected 10 rows of the best block of Shiraz, fruit was harvested on the 5th of March and open fermented on skins for 14 days prior to pressing. Wine was matured in the finest French oak barriques, of which 50% were new and remaining were 1 and 2 year old oak. After 16 months of maturation, this small parcel was blended and bottled in November 2019.