{"product_id":"2023-sc-pannell-sunrise-99-grenache-750ml","title":"2023 SC Pannell Sunrise 99 Grenache 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The second release from this home vineyard in Blewitt Springs. The 100 here references 100 years of vintages from these vines (omitting the fledgling unproductive years). All destemmed fruit, old oak, frugal quantities. This sits in a moodier, brooding zone – refined and unadorned, though – with dark red fruits corded into a structure of assertive natural tannin and energetic acidity. Air reveals dried cranberry and cherry, raspberry leaf tea, subdued souk spices, tobacco leaf, rusted iron, dried rose, bergamot, a brooding malty note, like dark rye bread. It’s a wine of many layers, so closely serried that they are initially easy to miss. That compression, the complex weave of tannin, the vibrant drive of acid all mark this as a wine that will age spectacularly.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e98 Points - Marcus Ellis, \u003cem\u003eHalliday Wine Companion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Sunrise vineyard was planted in 1920. The 2022 Sunrise Grenache marks the first time this wine has been made and released. Steve Pannell pruned the vineyard himself prior to purchasing it in 2021. The wine here is silky and seamless, packed with tannin, flavor and perfume. \"I didn't make it any differently [than the other Grenaches]; I've just let the vineyard sing,\" he said. And sing, it does. This is a wholly complex, complete and persistently long wine. There are notes of Boscobel rose, sweet licorice, graphite, ironstone and tobacco. What a wine. In terms of character, this combines the texture and complexity of the Smart vineyard and the ethereal spice and delicacy of the Little Branch and then raises the bar of both to a whole new level. The release of this Sunrise Grenache marks the arrival of an \"off-leash Pannell\"; he has been tirelessly championing premium Grenache from McLaren Vale for years in his own oeuvre of structure, shape, tannin and freshness. The acquisition of this vineyard site has given him all the permission he needed, it seems. In many ways, 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. And there are great things to come in future releases too. - Erin Larkin's expanded review.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cellarhand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67598665253044,"sku":null,"price":249.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0561\/1261\/1508\/files\/2022_SC_Pannell_Sunrise_99_Grenache_750ml.png?v=1759976082","url":"https:\/\/randalls.net.au\/products\/2023-sc-pannell-sunrise-99-grenache-750ml","provider":"Randall's Fine Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}