The Mongrel
Sangiovese 2022
It all seems so simple, after all it used to sit on red chequered table cloths, a bottle in a basket, right next to the powdered parmesan in a shaker. Somewhere along the way though Sangiovese didn’t so much reinvent as rediscover itself – immensely pleasurable, light on its feet but also assertive in its own particular way. Uniquely challenging to make well, this is a complex simple pleasure.
🏆 92 points - Halliday Wine Companion
🏆 92 points - James Suckling
🏆 GOLD - Australian Alternative Varieties Wine Show
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ My favourite HH wine – so light and easy to drink, even in the summer. Love it! - Antonia
Winemaker's Notes
Sangiovese is enigmatic to the point of being problematic. It will not be pushed in a direction that it doesn’t want to go. I got a whole lot better at working with it when I realised that what I want matters very little to this grape. Sangiovese is unlike any other wine we make and while it has taken time to find a way to make it really express itself, I think now our Sangiovese is living its best life.
Bouquet & Palate
A whole basket of ripe raspberries, strawberries, and red cherries. Crushed fennel fronds. Fresh, light spiced, and bright. A succulent palate with an emery bite. High vibrance slush of lush harvest ready berries; red, black, and blue. Lingering.
Food Match
A fresh fiasco of Sangiovese almost demands Italian – perhaps garlic butter pasta with a rose sauce?
Technical Details
- Type: Red
- Varietal: Sangiovese
- Region: South Australia
- Appellation: McLaren Vale
- Vintage: 2022
- Bottling Date: 23/11/2022
- Harvest Date: 08/03/2022
- Cellaring Recommendation: Now through 2 years
- Alcohol: 14.7
- pH: 3.41
- TA: 6.4
- RS: <2.0G/L
- Vegan Friendly: Yes