2010 Montalto Pennon Hill Shiraz
Pennon Hill is the inspiration and primary source of fruit for the Pennon Hill range of wines.
Hand-tended vines produce wines of outstanding fruit character that are crafted in our winery for your enjoyment today.
100% Mornington Peninsula
Vineyard
The fruit for the 2009 Pennon Hill Shiraz was grown on two of our Mornington Peninsula vineyards—the Black Rabbit Vineyard & the Hawkins Hill Vineyard— both located within the Red Hill sub-region. The Mornington Peninsula produces a distinctively elegant and savoury cool-climate style of Shiraz. Hand-harvesting, zero-irrigation, and low average yields of 2 tonnes per acre serve to emphasise fruit quality.
Harvest: 9th April 2009—Hawkins Hill & 10th April 2009—Black Rabbit
Winemaking
The Pennon Hill Shiraz was crafted with the use of both modern New World and traditional Old World winemaking techniques with the purpose of highlighting the traits of cool-climate Shiraz—which are elegance and approachability.
- Crush: Gently de-stemmed to small 2-tonne open pot fermenters
- Coak Soak: 6 days, with hand plunging of caps once daily
- Yeast: Cultured
- Fermentation: Up to 10 days
- Post ferment maceration: up to 10 days
- Maturation: 18 months, French Oak (20% new oak)
- Fining/Flitration: Zero fining followed by crossflow filtration.
Technical Data
- Alcohol: 14.0%
- pH/acidity: 3.6/6.85 g/L
- Bottled: September 2010
- Closure: Stelvin
Tasting Notes
- Aroma: Forest Berries, Dark Chocolate, pepper and spice
- Palate: Black Cherry, Plum, Fine Tannins
- Finish: White Pepper, Earthy Spice
Cellaring Advice
The 2009 Pennon Hill Shiraz, like most cool-climate Shiraz is an approachable wine that drinks wonderfully in its youth. However, with careful cellaring, it is a wine that will develop savoury complexity and softer tannins over the next 5 years.
