Picardy Chardonnay 2018 Western Australia Pemberton
Picardy Chardonnay 2018 Western Australia PembertonPicardy Chardonnay 2018 displays salted yellow peach, red apple skin, rockmelon, frangipani, almond meal, hints of saffron, and a suggestion of bergamot. The palate has a powdery finesse about it, the palate plush and succulent. There is curry leaf, nashi pear, Greek yogurt, white pepper, stone fruit, a swoosh of fresh sea spray and a lingering impression of crushed slate minerality. Holy mackerel, I could write about this all day. Safe to say, this is a cracking rendition of the Picardy chardonnay house style.
Picardy Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon Cab Franc 2015 Western Australia Pemberton
Picardy Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon Cab Franc 2015 Western Australia PembertonPicardy Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc 2015 is a blend of approximately 40% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Franc and 30% Cabernet Sauvignon.
This is a wine in the style of old world Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon producing regions – fruity but elegant and with excellent structure which will reward cellaring.
The outstanding features of this wine are its structure, fine grained tannins, low pH without high acidity, excellent colour and pronounced fruit flavours. It should drink superbly for up to twenty years.
Picardy Pinot Noir 2017 Western Australia Pemberton
Picardy Pinot Noir 2017 Western Australia PembertonPicardy Pinot Noir 2017
The first wine produced at Picardy was the 1996 Pinot Noir. Picardy Pinots exhibit finesse and complexity, inspired by the great Pinot Noir wines of the old world.
Excellent fruit intensity, structure, pH to acid relationship and fine-grained tannins guarantee long life and excellent bottle development. The wines are also very approachable in their early years.
Since the first vintage in 1996, an increase in new clonal plantings and an advance in vine age has resulted in wines of greater texture, structure and complexity. Picardy Pinot Noir consists of 10 clones: upright, droopy (existing clones in Australia) and clones 114, 115 and 777 (which are special selections from the University of Dijon) as well as 5 new clones imported from Burgundy. It took 21 years – from the time Bill supervised the sourcing of these clones – until the last one was finally delivered to Picardy from quarantine in 2011.
Picardy Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2017 Western Australia Pemberton
Picardy Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2017 Western Australia PembertonPicardy Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2019 is produced from approximately 80% Sauvignon Blanc (three clones) and 20% Semillon (co-fermented).
For this blend, the Pannells are inspired by both old world and new world styles to make a white blend having both minerality and good structure and texture, while retaining vibrant fruit.
Picardy Shiraz 2015 Western Australia Pemberton
Picardy Shiraz 2015 Western Australia PembertonPicardy Shiraz 2015 is an elegant, complex, rich, cool climate style wine, this variety is exceeding expectations and will continue to improve through cellaring.
Dan says that this wine is made using many techniques which we use in our Pinot Noir production but using Shiraz grapes, giving a wine in the style of the traditional old world Shiraz. Picardy Shiraz typically contains about 4% Malbec and 2% Viognier to give sweetness of fruit and greater complexity.
