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Koomilya JC Block Shiraz 2021

  • Halliday's Wine Companion
    98 Points
  • Ned Goodwin MW
    97 Points
  • Gary Walsh
    97 Points
Koomilya JC Block Shiraz 2021
  • Halliday's Wine Companion
    98 Points
  • Ned Goodwin MW
    97 Points
  • Gary Walsh
    97 Points
Koomilya JC Block Shiraz 2021
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S.C. Pannell

Koomilya JC Block Shiraz 2021

SKU: KOSH202113 UCAU
Organic
5-10 Years
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Koomilya vineyard is Stephen Pannell's own treasured site.

"Wow. What a wine." Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)

Nearly 25 years ago he won a Jimmy Watson with a Shiraz build upon a parcel of this vineyard

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Koomilya JC Block Shiraz 2021

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Tasting Notes

A single block Shiraz from 49 year old vines grown on ancient, dark grey slaty siltstone rich in ironstone rubble, facing south- west at an altitude of 120m. The JC Block is named for Jill Cant, the previous owner, and was the first block Stephen worked with on the vineyardduring his tenure as Chief Red Winemaker at Hardys.

Hand harvested on the 3rd of March. Gently crushed and pumped to a large old oak fermenter acquired from a dear friend. Gently pressed after spontaneous fermentation and 14 days on skins. Settled in tank for 15 days before transfer to a two year old 2300L French oak vat for malolactic fermentation and extended maturation. Racked three times and bottled, unfined, on the 28th of October 2022.

Flavour Profile: It’s never easy to describe the assault of aromas and flavours from the JC block Shiraz. For Stephen, it’s the true indication of a great wine. The aromas seem to be everywhere all at once. Signature iodine, split red wood, clove, bay and dark cherries in syrup are backed up by Ribena, red liquorice, toasted rye and freshly ground black pepper.

Structure & Texture: Powerful tannins supported by the ferruginous flavours typical of Upper Tintara: cocoa, bitumen, terracotta, the Aussie bush, dark red fruits – Ionian purple and waves of dark blue – Luxury wine that seems to expand beyond the confines of the palate on an unending finish. - Stephen Pannell
 

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2021

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Shiraz

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750ml (Bottle)

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5-10 Years

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Critic Scores

98Halliday's Wine Companion

Native ferment with 16 days on skins; maturation in a 2300L oak vat. There really are no other wines that
taste like the Koomilya shiraz triad, being utterly individual and beguiling wines of place. This, my pick of the
vintage. The three block wines are kindred but aptly singular, this with some of the succulence and girth of the
DC and the relative levity of the GT, bound with more spice and intense compression than either. Deep,
brooding, almost bottomless, but it’s no cudgel. Dusky red fruits and florals, a deep red cherry scent, blood and
iron, licorice, tar, turned humus-rich soil, dried hardy herbs, and an invigorating sour-fruit-flavoured twang
escorting the supple fruit with sublimely fine, grapey tannins. It’s one heck of a wine. 98 points. Marcus Ellis,
Wine Companion Aug 2024

97Ned Goodwin MW

This wine has iron-clad tension and rusty gristle set in firm relief against soaring florals, aromatic tea leaves,
spices and boysenberries. The tannins are firm, but with such generosity to the fruit that the whole is
immaculately poised. A glorious, absolutely unique expression of full-bodied shiraz. 97 points. Ned Goodwin,
JamesSuckling.com MW March 2024

97Gary Walsh

The three Shiraz wines from Koomilya are all pretty much equal in quality, I feel, but all have something different to say. The GT is perhaps the outlier, in terms of texture and flavour profile, but what a set of wines they are. And more importantly, they are sensitively made, so that vineyard is the headline act, not oak or other winemaking artifice. I wish there were more wines like them.

Blackcurrant and blackberry coulis, aniseed, subtle gum leaf perfume, along with floral top notes, chamomile tea perhaps, dark chocolate and spice. It’s full bodied, but fresh, and it’s a little brighter and more vibrant in nature than the brooding DC, the tannin is rich and ferrous and melts in the mouth like high quality dark chocolate, and there’s an almost pippy cranberry crunch to acidity, and the finish is so long and beautifully textured. Wow. What a wine.

Vinification & Cultivation

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Vineyard Cultivation

The JC Block at Koomilya, Stephen Pannell's Upper Tintara vineyard in McLaren Vale, is a single-block Shiraz from 49-year-old vines on ancient, dark grey slaty siltstone rich in ironstone rubble, facing south-west at around 120 metres. It is named for Jill Cant, a previous owner, and was the first block Pannell worked with here during his years as Chief Red Winemaker at Hardys. The 2021 McLaren Vale vintage was cool and slow-ripening, favouring perfume, fine tannin and freshness, and this block produced a deep, brooding yet supple Shiraz that several critics rated the pick of the estate's trio.

Vinification

Hand-harvested on 3 March 2021, the fruit was gently crushed and pumped to a large old oak fermenter, then spontaneously fermented with 14 days on skins before gentle pressing. The wine settled in tank for 15 days before transfer to a two-year-old 2300-litre French oak vat for malolactic fermentation and extended maturation. It was racked three times and bottled unfined on 28 October 2022. The emphasis is on site expression through native ferment and neutral, large-format oak, yielding firm, ferrous, chocolate-like tannins and soaring florals.

About this Wine

S.C. Pannell

Esteemed by his contemporaries in Australia, Steve Pannell has been named as one of the 50 most influential contributors to the wine world by Decanter Magazine and has twice won Australia's coveted Jimmy Watson trophy - most recently in 2014 for his 2013 Adelaide Hills Syrah. Having produced vintages at Wirra Wirra and Hardy's Tintara before working overseas in Burgundy's Domaine des Comtes Lafon, Bordeaux's Chateau Mouton Rothschild and G.D. Vajra in Barolo.

Pannell's ethos is simple: "I try to create wines that suit our climate and way of life - wines to drink with the food we grow, make and eat in Australia."

The portfolio is based on parcels of old-vine, dry grown Shiraz and Grenache from McLaren Vale and continued to expand to include Nebbiolo, Tempranillo and Touriga Nacional in addition to aromatic whites from the Adelaide Hills. Pannell's preferred winemaking techniques include open fermentation using natural yeasts. By maturing his wines in large format oak, Pannell retains each variety's integrity, showcasing its quintessential characteristics.

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South Australia

If you like Australian wine, then you probably like South Australia wine. The rich reds produced there put Australia on the wine-making map of the world. With over 40% of the countries vineyards, South Australia can rightfully call itself the wine state.

Wines are produced in several regions throughout the state, though many are naturally grouped together, like Barossa and Eden Valleys, only 15 minutes apart. They include such regions as Barossa Valley, Clare Valley, Eden Valley, Coonawarra, Adelaide Hills, Kangaroo Island, Langhorne Creek, The Limestone Coast, McLaren Vale and Wrattonbully to name but a few!

Barossa Valley boasts some of the oldest vines in Australia dating back to 1843 and produces some of the world's finest Shiraz, whilst the 'terra rossa' soils of Coonawarra is most suited to producing outstanding Cabernet Sauvignons. If you're a fan of Riesling, Clare Valley is a great place to explore and for a Maritime climate not dissimilar to parts of the Italian coastline, seek out the wines from McLaren Vale.

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