2016 S.C. Pannell Tempranillo Touriga, McLaren Vale

Hand-harvested, crushed, and traditionally vinified in small open-top fermenters. 7 months in 500 litre mature French oak puncheons with 20% in new oak.

Abundant Tempranillo black fruits, cherry, fruit bread & red licorice, overlaid with Touriga Nacional’s pungent fruit, jasmine-scented floral and nutmeg/cinnamon spices. The intense and tightly intertwined flavours of this rich and flavoursome wine are primarily of fresh blackberries and panforte, with a complex spice profile including clove, nutmeg and cinnamon.

Layered, tightly wound and ready to explode, this medium bodied wine is Pannell’s most tannic TT yet. The palate is long and consistent with integrated and granular tannins that provide for a balanced finish, and a synergy with food. In for a long haul. Give it 15 to 20 years.

57% tempranillo, 29% touriga, 14% tinta cao from McLaren Vale and the Barossa Valley, open-fermented, matured for 7 months in French puncheons (20% new). This doesn't rely on tannin to become full-bodied, just ongoing drum rolls of black and glace cherries, panforte, an old drawer of spices, the tannins so sneakily firm that you may miss them the first time around, but not the second. Whether you go back to the bouquet or just the palate, there are constant discoveries awaiting you.