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Ardent Sagrantino 2019|6 Bottles|12 Bottles

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Rare in Australia, bold and aromatic, Sagrantino stole our hearts when we discovered it in Umbria, the green heart of Italy. And here in McLaren Vale, the fruit is varietally tannic with Italianate acidity, but there are also beautiful blue and purple arom

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Rare in Australia, bold and aromatic, Sagrantino stole our hearts when we discovered it in Umbria, the green heart of Italy. And here in McLaren Vale, the fruit is varietally tannic with Italianate acidity, but there are also beautiful blue and purple aromatics.

2019 is our last vintage of Sagrantino from the Lopresti vineyard. It has since been grafted over to another variety.


Variety: Sagrantino from the Lopresti single vineyard in the Whites Valley sub-region of McLaren Vale.


Summary: This wine displays a wonderful balance of intense purple and blue fruit, ripe tannin, juicy natural acidity and delivers great length on the palate.


Tasting Note: Outrageously spice driven with clove, cinnamon and five spice all coming to the fore on the nose. A savoury Italianiate palate supports a tight structure and a dry palate to provide a very food friendly wine. Tannins are prominent but in balance.


Goes With Food: A rich mushroom ragout with buttered pasta would balance the assertive tannins of this wine.


Goes With Cheese: An aged clothbound English Cheddar would complement the intensity and complexity of this wine.


Goes With Music: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Almost Cut My Hair.


Goes With Life: Matches equally well as a fine dining partner or whilst watching a Bledisloe Test.

Serve At: 18 degrees Celsius. In its youth we recommend decanting to allow the wine to breathe and its subtleties to shine.


When to Drink: Ready to drink now, but will continue evolving through to 2030.


Vineyard: One tonne of fruit was picked from Lopresti family’s Whites Valley vineyard (this vineyard is low yielding, and only has three rows of Sagrantino planted to it). The vines are approaching 20 years of age.

Winemaking: The fruit was fermented to dryness and then locked down on skins for three months in a variable capacity stainless steel tank. Free run and light pressings were kept separate and then aged for 18 months in older French oak to round out the wine and soften the tannins. Blended and bottled in December 2020.

Unfiltered

Unfined

Vegan

<100ppm Sulphur


Production: 60 dozen produced under screwcap.

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