S.C.PANNELL MERRIVALE SHIRAZ 2022

Inviting dark flavours are the signature of this block. Black fruit coulis ready for ice cream. Dusty spice including black pepper, liquorice, star anise and dark cocoa followed by petrichor, and dirt roads lined with lavender and midnight violets. Some shy citrus peel makes itself known on the appetising finish, bringing a beam of bright light to a dark soul. There’s mystery here and an opening to Shiraz’s real persona without its usual mask.

A sweet core of dark fruit is a good match to the fine and persistent tannins that flow from start to finish. Mid-weighted, perfectly balanced, long finish; not too much to ask for really.
Once again a McLaren Vale Shiraz without inhibition, set free from the shackles of oak and additions.

Our Merrivale Shiraz has always defied regional convention. Ditch the protein and try with Slow Cooked Veg flavoured with Baharat in ‘Rumi’ by Joseph Abboud.

Cellar with confidence for 10 years.