SKELETON KEY
SHIRAZ
A deliberately long-aged expression of the cumulative best of our McLaren Vale vineyard site, The 'Skeleton Key’ is cellared and carefully bottle aged before it is unlocked.
Vintage | 2017
Awards
96 POINTS | Sam Kim "Wine Orbit"
GOLD | AWC Vienna
Certified Vegan Product
TASTING NOTES
A true reflection of its terroir, this wine shows perfume and spice, coupled with vibrant red and blue berry fruits and underlying notes of dark chocolate. Subtle oak spice plays a supporting role and adds a layered complexity. The palate has a high level of fruit intensity, showing depth and concentration.
"This tightly structured wine has great finesse, purity and elegance; its fine tannins have focus, direction and length to charm"
RECOMENDED FOOD AND BBQ PAIRINGS
Cajun Rump Steak
BBQ Herbed Mushrooms
PRODUCT DETAILS
Vintage | 2017
Grape Variety | 100% Shiraz
Alc/Vol | 14.5%
Wine Maker | Alexia Roberts
Serving Tempreture | 16-18C
Cellaring | up to 10 years
Vineyard | Slightly higher elevation (140mtrs) means the original Penny’s Hill Vineyard enjoys a climate a little cooler than the rest of McLaren Vale. This ensures more consistent temperatures throughout the ripening period, allowing this Shiraz to reach optimum ripeness with minimum stress.
THE RESULT IS DELICIOUS
The result is delicious, and considerably lighter on its feet than much of the range sans any sacrifice of intensity or concentration. Floral and lifted. Alive. The acidity, palate-whetting; the coffee grind tannins ground finely enough to tone bing cherry, satsuma plum and five-spice, all in the name of balance and drinkability. This has real parry of fruit and thrust of structure. Good length, too"
Ned Goodwin
- 01 August 2020