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Geoff Hardy a Winery in Adelaide offering great tasting Wine

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Geoff Hardy Wines
PO Box 2370 McLaren Vale SA Australia 5171

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Geoff Hardy a Winery in Adelaide offering great tasting Wine

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Geoff Hardy Wines
PO Box 2370 McLaren Vale SA Australia 5171

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S.C. Pannell Wines | Winery | Vineyard, Mclaren Vale, South Australia Wine Guide - WBTL

Steve Pannell’s background is as eclectic as his flagship range, which encompasses McLaren Vale stalwarts Grenache, Shiraz and Shiraz/Grenache but also an Adelaide Hills Nebbiolo. Pannell, a Western Australian, is the son of Dr Bill Pannell, founder of Margaret River’s MOSS WOOD and PICARDY WINES in Pemberton. However, he has avidly pursued winemaking opportunities elsewhere, notably spending 10 years at HARDYS, where he was chief red winemaker, but also working vintage at Domaine des COMTES LAFON in Burgundy, Château MOUTON ROTHSCHILD in Bordeaux and G.D. VAJRA in Barolo. In 2004, he struck out on his own and has fast established a reputation for wines that skilfully combine ripe fruit and tannins with a sense of place. Careful vineyard selection (Pannell owns neither vineyards nor winery) and hands off winemaking in open top fermenters with natural yeast, hand plunging, no acidification and minimal use of new oak results in food friendly wines of impeccable balance. The Shiraz Grenache, his strongest suit, is an elegant rendition of the blend with ample spice, ripe but present tannins and impressive freshness, even in difficult years like 2007 and 2008. A floral Grenache without an ounce of fat exemplifies Pannell’s take on this variety as “warm climate Pinot Noir.” The Shiraz shows similar restraint and line when compared with McLaren Vale’s traditional style, which is typified by a generous mid-palate. Though the Nebbiolo is widely regarded as Australia’s best, youthful plantings can only take you so far. At this price point while it shows good varietal character, not least quite stern tannins, it lacks the finesse of similarly priced Italian counterparts. Only time will tell if Pannell’s carefully selected new clones will reduce the gap. Aptly named entry level Pronto red and white are soft, exuberant but interesting blends, easier on both palate and pocket. In the works, a blend of Touriga Nacional and Tempranillo. (SA)

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Geoff Hardy Wines a Winery in Adelaide offering great tasting Wine

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PO Box 2370 McLaren Vale SA Australia 5171

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Wine Tasting 49: 1999 Hardys Tintara Cab.Sauvignon Australia

Hardys is an Australian household name. The winery has been around for over 150 years. In fact, your lowly was invited to celebrate with Bill Hardy in a private tasting when he came to Vancouver a few years back for his round the world 150th anniversary of Hardys wines tour. Wow! Bill LOOOOOVES talking and I mean he LOOOOOVES talking! When the birthday cake came with the candles lit, he made a speech but the speech turned out to be longer than the Great Wall of China. All of us were watching the candles burning away...then one of the ladies had to step forward to signal him from talking further and asked him to blow out the candles immediately. Phew! I thought the fire alarm would go off any seconds...
The Tintara series is a premium economical line from Hardy. This wine when observed already gave a slight bricky colour. The wine has a typical nose of black current and black plum of a cabernet but has a scent of minty eculyptus mixed with green pepper and green stalk in the background. Medium to full body with slightly elevated acidity. It had soft tannin but not overly complex. What followed was dark chocolate character but like some other Tintara shiraz I tasted, bitterness and astringency (probably from over zealous wood treatment) came out that overpowered the fruit. The higher acidity and astringency made the wine a tad inbalanced. Still, all in all, this is a solid quaffer of good quality. Drink up your stock if you have any. (Rating 84-86 points) by Michael Lam of the Beverage Review.

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Shot on location in Australia this series takes the viewer on a journey through the historic wine regions of Australia. Produced by Sydney based Panorama Films International, this series will give rare access to the exotic and colorful world of Australian wine. While Australian wines are available for purchase in many countries, little is known about the vineyards, process, culture and people who cultivate the grapes. This may very well be the only wine series available on Australia.

Grape varieties
Major grape varieties are Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon, and Riesling. The country has no native grapes, and Vitis vinifera varieties were introduced from Europe and South Africa in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Some varieties have been bred by Australian viticulturalists, for example Cienna and Tarrango.
Although Syrah was originally called Shiraz in Australia and Syrah elsewhere, its dramatic commercial success has led many Syrah producers around the world to label their wine Shiraz.
About 130 different grape varieties are used by commercial winemakers in Australia. Over recent years many winemakers have begun exploring so called alternative varieties other than those listed above. Many varieties from France, Italy and Spain for example Petit Verdot, Pinot Grigio, Sangiovese, Tempranillo and Viognier are becoming more common. Wines from many other varieties are being produced.
Australian winemaking results have been impressive and it has established benchmarks for a number of varietals, such as Chardonnay and Shiraz. Moreover, Australians have innovated in canopy management and other viticultural techniques and in wine-making, and they have a general attitude toward their work that sets them apart from producers in Europe. Australian wine-makers travel the wine world as highly skilled seasonal workers, relocating to the northern hemisphere during the off-season at home. They are an important resource in the globalisation of wine and wine critic Matt Kramer notes that the most powerful influence in wine today comes from Australia (Kramer).
GSM blends
GSM is a name commonly used in Australia for a red wine consisting of a blend of Grenache, Shiraz (a.k.a. Syrah), and Mourvèdre. This blend originated from those used in some Southern Rhone wines, including Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Grenache is the lightest of the three grapes, producing a pale red juice with soft berry scents and a bit of spiciness. As a blending component, it contributes alcohol, warmth and fruitiness without added tannins. Shiraz can contribute full-bodied, fleshy flavors of black fruits and pepper. It adds color, backbone and tannins and provides the sense of balance such blends require. Mourvèdre contributes elegance, structure and acidity to the blend, producing flavors of sweet plums, roasted game and hints of tobacco.

2014 KOOMILYA SHIRAZ McLaren Vale, Australia

The members of Club Booze Hunter were lucky enough to receive a bottle of the 2014 Koomilya Shiraz, a passion project put together by Steven Pannell of S.C. Pannell.

As a result, Ed, a wine journalist and head of communications at Cellarhand (importer and distributor) laid down this video. Ed has both a mastery of the English language and a mastery of wine. He's a great guy telling the story behind the wine beautifully.

Below is Steve's (as his mates call him) bio and details about the wine. For what it's worth, Ed sums all this up beautifully in his video!

S.C.Pannell, the label, was established by Steve and wife Fiona in 2004. However, Steve's journey to winemaking dates back to 1969 where, as a toddler, he grew up on one of Australia's most iconic boutique wineries, Moss Wood in the Margaret River. Since, Stephen’s extensive winemaking knowledge and experience has been garnered over years working with some of the world’s most prestigious wineries. He was Chief Red Winemaker at BRL Hardy from 1999 to 2003 and has worked 14 European vintages in Burgundy, Bordeaux, Barolo and Priorat.

The S.C.Pannell winery was realised to focus on Stephen’s passion for the McLaren Vale region and its ability to produce dry - grown and environmentally sustainable Shiraz and Grenache.

In 2014 a new home was established at 60 Olivers Rd McLaren Vale, including cellar door, restaurant, and wedding venue.

Steve's holistic philosophy to winemaking starts with our climate, emphasising the importance on the vineyard, as well as wine's relation to food Australian's love to grow, cook, and eat.

Stephen Pannell was recently named Gourmet Traveller Wine 2015 Australian Winemaker of the Year.

The 2014 KOOMILYA SHIRAZ:

Summer conditions were significantly warmer than average with two heat waves through January and February. Timely rain in February rehydrated the vines and freshened the fruit. The rain also brought with it cooler daytime temperatures which allowed the fruit an extra couple of weeks of hang time for ripening.

A blend of three Koomilya Shiraz blocks, the majority of which is sourced from non-clonal Shiraz grafted on Gewürztraminer (GT Block). This block was planted in 1970, and grafted in the early 1990s. The remaining Shiraz was sourced from the Mulberry Block & Spider Block. These blocks were planted in the early 2000s with clones sourced from 130+-year-old Hardy Upper Tintara Shiraz vineyard, the neighbouring vineyard.

Hand-harvested on 24th February; GT Block 5.26 tonnes (two fermenters), Bob’s Block 4.1 tonnes (one fermenter), Mulberry Block 2.5 tonnes (one fermenter). Final blend of 44% GT Block, 35% Spider Block & 21 % Mulberry Block. Fruit spent 15 days on skins in open-top fermenters before being pressed off, with the hard pressings removed to give a juice yield of approximately 40 litres a tonne. The wine was naturally fermented and transferred to stainless steel tank for 28 days, then racked into French vats (4,500-litre & 2,500-litre), and two 500-litre French puncheons. Here they underwent malolactic fermentation, before being racked out and left.

852 dozen bottled on the 23rd of February 2015, after spending a total of 10 months in oak.



Peace and stay awesome,

Craig Thompson, The Booze Hunter

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McLaren Vale is a wine region in the Australian state of South Australia located in the Adelaide metropolitan area[4] and centred on the town of McLaren Vale about 38 kilometres (24 mi) south of the Adelaide city centre. It is internationally renowned for the wines it produces and included within the Great Wine Capitals of the World. The region was named after either David McLaren, the Colonial Manager of the South Australia Company or John McLaren (unrelated) who surveyed the area in 1839. Among the first settlers to the region in late 1839, were two English farmers from Devon, William Colton and Charles Thomas Hewett. William Colton established the Daringa Farm and Charles Thomas Hewett established Oxenberry Farm. Both men would be prominent in the early days of McLaren Vale. Although initially the region's main economic activity was the growing of cereal crops, John Reynell and Thomas Hardy planted grape vines in 1838 and the present-day Seaview and Hardy wineries were in operation as early as 1850. Grapes were first planted in the region in 1838 and some vines more than 100 years old are still producing. Today there are more than 88 cellar doors in McLaren Vale. The majority are small family-run operations and boutique wineries

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