Aphelion The Ardent Sagrantino 2018 14.5% 750ml

Aphelion The Ardent Sagrantino 2018 14.% 750ml

TASTING NOTES

AROMA

Outrageously spice driven with clove, cinnamon and five spice all coming to the fore on the nose.

PALATE

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.

VINIFICATION

The fruit from each vineyard was destemmed and kept as whole berries before being fermented. Free run and light pressings were kept separate and then aged for 22 months in neutral and third-use French oak to round out the wine and soften the tannins. Blended and bottled in January 2020. Unfined and unfiltered.

REGION NOTES

One tonne of fruit was picked from the White’s Valley vineyard (this vineyard is low yielding, and only has three rows of Sagrantino planted to it). An additional tonne of fruit was picked from a Seaview vineyard with red iron rich rocky soil. The vines on both vineyards are approaching 20 years of age.

WINEMAKERS COMMENTS

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

GRAPE VARIETY

Sagrantino

Aphelion is a  straight out of the blocks, this new wine label established in 2014 by husband and wife Rob and Louise Mack has already gained a strong reputation for quality and value. Pedigreed winemaker Rob Mack concentrates on grape varieties that thrive in the Mediterranean climate of McLaren Vale, producing stylish Grenache as well as other regionally emerging varieties, such as Mataro and Sagrantino. They craft their wines to match the foods they love to eat - Italian, Mediterranean, and Asian. It starts with the sun and the earth. Aphelion Wine Co.'s growers are passionate about producing premium, hand tended grapes from only the most select, unique parcels of land.

Variety: Sagrantino
Region: McLaren Vale, South Australia
Winemaker: Rob Mack