Winery Penny's Hill - Estate Single Vineyard Skeleton Key Shiraz

Winery Penny's HillEstate Single Vineyard Skeleton Key Shiraz

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Estate Single Vineyard Skeleton Key Shiraz of Winery Penny's Hill is a red wine from the region of McLaren Vale of Australie du Sud.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
This wine generally goes well with poultry, beef or game (deer, venison).
The Estate Single Vineyard Skeleton Key Shiraz of the Winery Penny's Hill is in the top 80 of wines of McLaren Vale.

Taste structure of the Estate Single Vineyard Skeleton Key Shiraz from the Winery Penny's Hill

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Estate Single Vineyard Skeleton Key Shiraz of Winery Penny's Hill in the region of Australie du Sud is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Estate Single Vineyard Skeleton Key Shiraz of Winery Penny's Hill in the region of Australie du Sud often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Penny's Hill's Estate Single Vineyard Skeleton Key Shiraz.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Monbadon

Originally from the Charentes region, it is now endangered. It is still found in isolated stocks, most often in old ugni blanc plantations. This variety is said to be the result of a natural cross between folle blanche and ugni blanc. It is registered in the Official Catalogue of Vine Varieties, list A1. - Synonyms: frontignan des Charentes, aramon blanc by mistake in the Var, gros montils on the island of Oléron, ugni de Montpellier, burger (not to be confused with elbling and gouais blanc which have the same synonym), auba, meslier d'Orléans (not to be confused with meslier saint François) (for all the synonyms of the grape varieties, click here!)

Last vintages of this wine

Estate Single Vineyard Skeleton Key Shiraz - 2017
In the top 80 of of McLaren Vale wines
Average rating: 4.311110
Estate Single Vineyard Skeleton Key Shiraz - 2016
In the top 80 of of McLaren Vale wines
Average rating: 3.81110.50
Estate Single Vineyard Skeleton Key Shiraz - 2015
In the top 80 of of McLaren Vale wines
Average rating: 4.211110
Estate Single Vineyard Skeleton Key Shiraz - 2014
In the top 80 of of McLaren Vale wines
Average rating: 4.111110
Estate Single Vineyard Skeleton Key Shiraz - 2013
In the top 80 of of McLaren Vale wines
Average rating: 3.71110.50
Estate Single Vineyard Skeleton Key Shiraz - 2012
In the top 80 of of McLaren Vale wines
Average rating: 411110

The best vintages of Estate Single Vineyard Skeleton Key Shiraz from Winery Penny's Hill are 2017, 2015, 2014, 2012 and 2016.

Informations about the Winery Penny's Hill

The winery offers 33 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in McLaren Vale in the region of Australie du Sud

The Winery Penny's Hill is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 31 wines for sale in the of McLaren Vale to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Australie du Sud
In the top 950 of of Australia wines
In the top 80 of of McLaren Vale wines
In the top 25000 of red wines
In the top 35000 wines of the world

The wine region of McLaren Vale

The wine region of McLaren Vale is located in the region of Fleurieu of Australie du Sud of Australia. We currently count 599 estates and châteaux in the of McLaren Vale, producing 2626 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of McLaren Vale go well with generally quite well with dishes .


The wine region of Australie du Sud

SouthAustralia is one of Australia's six states, located (as the name suggests) in the south of the vast island continent. It's the engine room of the Australian wine industry, responsible for about half of the country's total production each year. But there's more to the region than quantity - countless high-quality wines are produced here, most from the region's signature Grape, Shiraz. These include such fine, collectible wines as Penfolds Grange, Henschke Hill of Grace, Torbreck The Laird and d'Arenberg The Dead Arm.

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The word of the wine: Concentrate

Said of a wine that is rich in all its components (sugars in sweet wines, tannins in red wines, aromatic compounds) and that leaves an impression of density, intensity and depth.

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