Tablas Creek Vineyard Panoplie Rouge 2019
$260.00 inc. GST
In worthy vintages, Tablas Creek Vineyard produces small quantities of Panoplie: a Mourvèdre-based cuvée from meticulously selected grapes, made in the model of Château de Beaucastel’s Hommage à Jacques Perrin.
A pretty nose, just hinting at what’s to come, with aromas of sweet loam and red-currant, milk chocolate and new leather. The mouth is a blockbuster, with both red (raspberry) and black (cherry) fruit, a teriyaki-like umami element, then a wash of serious tannins that promise decades of fascinating evolution. The finish, like the rest of the wine, vibrates between red and black (liquorice, in this case), sweet earth, and savoury herbs. A serious wine to wait on for a year or two, if you possibly can, then to enjoy over two decades or more.
Description
The 2019 vintage began with ample rainfall the preceding winter. The wet soils delayed budbreak to a little after normal, and a cool first half of the summer delayed flowering and the ripening of our earlier varieties. Beginning the second week of July, the weather turned warm but never so warm to engage the vines’ self-defence mechanism of shutting down, accelerating ripening of our later varieties and producing intense flavours. The resulting compressed harvest was completed under ideal conditions and the vintage shows both concentration and freshness, with bright acids framing ample fruit.
The grapes for our Panoplie were grown on our certified organic and biodynamic estate vineyard.
The grapes were fermented using native yeasts in a mix of 1500-gallon wooden upright fermenters, open-top tanks and closed stainless steel fermenters. After pressing, the wines were moved into barrel and allowed to complete malolactic fermentation. The Panoplie was selected from the vintage’s best lots and blended in May 2020, then aged in 1200-gallon French oak foudres for another year before being bottled in July 2021.
Additional Information
| vintage | 2019 |
|---|---|
| brand | Tablas Creek Vineyard |
| size | 750mL |
| alcohol | 13.5% By Volume |
| total cases | 820 Total Cases Produced (Limited Release) |
Reviews / Ratings / Awards
Blend Composition
- 62% Mourvedre
- 16% Grenache
- 22% Syrah
Food Pairing
This wine pairs well with:
- Game
- Dark Fowl
- Richly Flavoured Stews
- Lamb
- Asian Preparation of Red Meats (eg; Beef Stir Fry)
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