Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate (100 points)
What a wine. The release of this Sunrise Grenache marks the arrival of an "off- the-leash Pannell"; he has been tirelessly championing premium Grenache from McLaren Vale for years in his own oeuvre of structure, shape, tannin and freshness. It feels as if all of the Grenache that Pannell has made over the decades has been leading up to this point.
It was worth the wait.
Max Allen/AFR magazine
"In 2021, winemaker Steve Pannell bought a block of grenache vines in the prized Blewitt Springs subregion of McLaren Vale.
At the heart of the block are some century-old, dry-grown vines; this is the first release of a special wine made from them. It’s one of the greatest red wines I tried all year: deep, brooding colour, sensational fruit intensity – kirsch, and rhubarb compote, layers of flavour swirling, driven by pulses of fine-grained tannin. Charming, profound, disarming, delicious.”
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S.C.PANNELL
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