S.C. Pannell Old McDonald Blewitt Springs Grenache 2022
£39.25
The wine
A classic McLaren Vale Grenache, with a core of sweet fruit married to rose, lovage, cranberry and raspberry jam, and woody herbs.
The vineyard was planted around 1940 with pre-clonal bush vines, meaning cuttings taken from older vineyards rather than nursery clones, and trellised only in the 1980s. McLaren Vale runs from the Adelaide Hills down to the sea, and Blewitt Springs is its sandy, higher, cooler corner, the source of Australia most perfumed Grenache. Stephen Pannell was Chief Winemaker at Hardys before setting up on his own in 2004.
The producer
S.C. Pannell
View all S.C. Pannell winesS.C. Pannell is one of the most respected names in Australian wine, the label of gifted winemaker Stephen Pannell and his wife Fiona. Based in McLaren Vale, they have led the charge for a fresher, more Mediterranean style of Australian red.
Working with old vineyards across McLaren Vale and the Adelaide Hills, they champion Grenache, Shiraz and Iberian varieties, farming thoughtfully and picking for freshness and perfume over sheer power. The wines are polished, fragrant and full of energy.
The range runs from vibrant, accessible bottlings such as Field Street and Dead End to the flagship single-vineyard Grenaches of Blewitt Springs, including Old McDonald and Little Branch, each a study in elegance.
Refined, perfumed and thoroughly modern, S.C. Pannell makes some of the most exciting wines in South Australia, McLaren Vale reimagined.
