6 Bottles of S.C.Pannell Grenache 2009 McLaren Vale, Australia Stephen Pannell has gone from being one of the best and brightest of the new generation of Australian winemakers to being one of the most lauded of all Australian winemakers in a very short space of time. He is a two-time winner of the fabled Jimmy Watson trophy, the most prestigious wine award in Australia, given annually to the producer of the best one-year-old dry red wine in the Royal Melbourne Wine Show. He has won the top gong at the Alternative Varietals Wine Show three out of the past five years, and in 2015 won McLaren Vale’s Bushing King for the second time. Stephen moved into his own winery in McLaren Vale in 2014, and now owns 36 hectares of vineyard. This control over his fruit has enabled him to take quality to an even higher level. One of the prime factors behind his success is the freshness in all of his wines, something he achieves by picking earlier. “I can only pick early due to better viticulture”, he says. His stand-alone 2009 Grenache is now viewed by James Halliday as Australia’s greatest example of this wonderful variety. It is ripe and full with lovely grainy tannins on the palate. Sourced direct from winemaker. In original boxes. Lot is subject to VAT on the hammer price.