2022 Vita Reserve Sangiovese

Sangiovese was pioneered in Australia by Coriole Vineyards with the first plantings in 1985. It provided a contrasting style to shiraz, the champion of McLaren Vale. It has proven to be ideally suited to the warm maritime climate of the region. The Vita Reserve is a selection of the best performing sangiovese vineyard, interestingly different vintages favour different vineyards. The Vita Reserve is a small bottling that is only produced in exceptional vintages.

"From original 1985 sangiovese plantings, with 20 months maturation in old oak. Some classic fresh and dried cherry notes, both red and black, warm earth and dried hardy Mediterranean herbs, that extra time in oak upping the savoury stakes, tannins characteristically firm, drying in a sapid, food-friendly way but succulent in delivery. It doesn’t really look anything like Chianti, as an obvious bookmark reference, and that’s a good thing. Like the other Italo-Oz reds at this address, it has its own charming personality, referential but not observant. 95 points"
Marcus Ellis, Wine Companion