Petit Verdot Reserve
2022
Pirramimma was founded by Alexander Campbell Johnston in 1892 and has been owned and operated by the Johnston family ever since. The Johnston family arrived in South Australia in 1839 and in 1892 Alexander, the tenth of thirteen children, purchased 97 hectares of rich farmland southeast of the then fledgling village of McLaren Vale. He named his land Pirramimma, an Aboriginal phrase meaning "the moon and the stars." The vineyard soils vary from sandy, on the rise, to rich dark loam on the flat....
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Researched for eleven years before the release of the first vintage in 1994, the Pirramimma Petit Verdot has won 28 show medals and has the enviable reputation of being the best Petit Verdot in Australia.
Luscious aromas and flavours, delivering complexity and balance with wonderfully interwoven red floral tones, ripe dark fruit, earth and tobacco notes.
Bold oak-driven style with toasty spice dark cherry and plum notes highly extracted with firm drying tannins.Graphite and steely structure with strong intensity and length suited to those who prefer a robust age-worthy profile
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