2006 S.C. Pannell Shiraz (McLaren Vale)
The 2006 S.C. Pannell Shiraz was made from two old-vine vineyards; one being well over one hundred years old and the other a relatively youthful forty years old. They both were grown on my preferred soil type for straight shiraz, which is red ironstone over limestone. This produces a finer more restrained style of shiraz with a complex flavour profile that is less fruit dominant and typified by characters such as pomegranate, blood plum, beetroot, leather and anise. - Stephen Pannell