2018 Savaterre Sagrantino

Highly Rated
Powerfully fragrant and structured Sagrantino, this is a wonderful and delicious expression of Beechworth.

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Description

This wine is the latest love letter from Beechworth to Italy. Over the years, the region has proven itself to be a key part of Australia's exploration of the Italian variety, Sangiovese. Now, it seems like it's Sagrantino's time to shine. The variety comes from Umbria, Tuscany's next door neighbour and, if you like 'em big, this one's for you.

It's a bold red wine, pouring with a rich, inky colour. There's a flurry of game meat, forest fruits and dried spice throughout the wine, all densely packed together and bound by firm, rustic tannins. With some time in the glass, these soften and notes of savoury herbs, liquorice root and plum begin to come through. It's not just relying on its sheer power, though - there is plenty of complexity to discover and enjoy.

94 Points - "Inky, dark fruited red of savouriness and depth. Dark cherry, liquorice, saline mineral and graphite mineral characters, a bit of meat drippings and dried leaf character, undergrowth and sweet earth too. Slow moving but seriously good to sip on, a wine of grunt and groan with stuffing and depth. It’s heady in perfume, complex in flavour, but has this silk-draped-on-velvet-pillow feel too. A great wine, original and very good." Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)

95 Points - "Hand-picked fruit, 20% whole bunches, natural open ferment. Matured 18 months in Burgundian oak (25-30% new), unfiltered. Named to honour the late Maurizio Ugge of Arquilla, Italian food and wine importer, who introduced the winemaker (Keppell Smith) to Italian wines. The high priest of tannin, the sagrantino grape is transformed by Keppell into a plush, focused, savoury, full-bodied, fine (and firm) tannic young wine ,worthy of extended time in the cellar. A striking herbal thread blends in with black fruits, plum, bramble, bracken, earth and truffle which, in itself, is a complex grouping and so very different. You are not in comfortable ol' shiraz territory anymore; it's a pretty exciting place to be." - Jeni Port (Halliday Wine Companion)

The vineyard soil consists of ancient granitic “buckshot” over decomposed clay. These unique gravels are rich in minerals and provide excellent drainage whilst the clay provides some sustained water to the vines in summer. This ancient, poor soil naturally limits the cropping level to less than 4.5 tons per hectare. Our vineyard has been named in the top 25 vineyards in Australia.

Price Bracket $51 to $100
Type Red
Body Full Bodied
Variety Sagrantino
Country Australia
Region Beechworth
Australian State VIC
Feature High Score
Reviewed By Halliday Wine Companion
The Wine Front
Critic Score 94
95
Alcohol 13%
Size 750ml
Vintage 2018
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