Petit Verdot Ironstone 2018

PIRRAMIMMA

Petit Verdot Ironstone
2018

$62.44*

* Suggested retail price

14 case(s) available

Product code
279414
Format
6 x 750ml
Listing type
Speculative
Status
Available
Type of product
Still wine
Country
Australia
Regulated designation
Table wine
Region
South Australia
Subregion
Fleurieu, McLaren Vale
Varietal(s)
Petit Verdot 100 %
Colour
Red
Closure type
Metal screw cap
Producer's website

About this winery

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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Tasting notes

Hand selected parcels from original plantings in the Katunga block from the mid 1980’s deliver miniscule yields of extremely high concentration. Barrel fermented 40% of the juice in new French oak barriques, with 25% matured in 2 and 3 year old French barriques, plus older oak for the other 35%, maturation was 28 months. This powerful intense wine displays a bouquet of blackberry, violets, Spanish olive, Dutch liquorice and spicy cedary oak, with hints of lavender and musk. The palate delivers blueberry, star anise, Kalamata olive, black cherry and bramble, all enveloped by firm-controlled tannins and savoury oak. This big, brooding Petit Verdot will require serious aerating to consume with food in its youth or will reward long term cellaring under the right conditions.