Mitolo Serpico Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 (6 x 750mL) McLaren Vale, SA

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Serpico is a 100% Cabernet made in the Amarone method. The grapes were left to dry on the 10 kg drying racks for 5 weeks in the traditional Amarone manner resulting in 30% bunch weight loss. The wine was then fermented on skins for 2 weeks and left to macerate for a further 3 weeks prior to pressing. Maturation took place in a combination of 80% new French oak and 20% French coopered American oak. A total of 16 coopers are used for the oak regime.

Region:
SA - McLaren Vale
State:
South Australia
Country:
Australia

Expert Reviews

The 2007 Serpico Cabernet Sauvignon offers up toast, chocolate covered cherries, and mineral notes. Structured and a bit compact, it will round out with a few more years of bottle age but without the generosity normally associated with this cuvee. - 91 Points, The Wine Advocate, February 2009, Jay Miller for Robert Parker

Dense garnet hue. Complex flavors of black cherry, wintergreen and menthol with a whiff of oak. Vibrant acidity and juicy flavors of raspberry and cassis. Hints of leather and sweet tobacco in the lingering close. - 93 Points, Lyn Farmer and Abraham Horowitz, BuyLine, Wine News, July 2009

By some distance the best release yet under this label, with dusty, herbal aromas of dark olives and dark violets, cassis and meaty undertones. Framed by tight, drying tannins, it’s long and meaty, firm and fine-grained, with a bony extract and a lingering savoury finish. It needs rich Italian food! - 90 Points, Jeremy Oliver, The Australian Wine Annual 2010

Winery Tasting Notes

A generous McLaren Vale Cabernet. Very deep crimson colour with deep crimson hue. Top note of blackcurrant, followed by cedar, cassis and liquorice all sorts. End notes of violet and spice. The palate is generous, filled with ripe Cabernet fruit flavours of dark chocolate with a hint of mocha over a layer of cedar and blackcurrant. Very spicy back palate. Fine grained tannins. Long aftertaste of spice, dark chocolate, blackcurrant and cedar.

Medals & Trophies

Silver

Best in Class, IWSC, London June 2008.

Bronze

Halliday Wine Companion

Winery Profile

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When the Mitolo family arrived in Australia in the 1950s they brought their viticulturist ancestry and an ethos belonging to the Abruzzo region - forte e gentile or strong and gentle. The family worked hard to become successful market gardeners while staying true to their origins where food and wine, family and friends, laughter and celebration were an integral part of life.

After years of working in his family’s potato business, Frank Mitolo started making wine for family and friends.

In 1999, after a now legendary 5 hour discussion with winemaker Ben Glaetzer, the pair fashioned a dream of making the ultimate expression of McLaren Vale’s rich provenance of soils. They jotted a six word business plan on the back of a napkin: individuality, integrity, quality, purity, elegance and power.

The first Mitolo wine, the 2000 G.A.M. Shiraz was named after Frank’s children Gemma, Alex and Marco. Since then Mitolo have added another 16 wines to the range each with its own distinct personality and story.

The winery works closely with its growers, the Loprestis. The Loprestis, also Italian immigrants and old friends of the Mitolos, have an affinity with their land, producing fruit of the highest quality. The fruit is the essence of Mitolo, with a depth of flavour garnered from heavy clay soils, yet freshness thanks to the gentle afternoon sea breeze. In the winery, Ben takes a ‘hands-off’ approach, fermenting cool to retain purity, and using a range of barrel coopers to generate complexity yet respect and enhance the fruit.

The Mitolo Italian heritage runs strongly through the range using the Italian varieties and techniques. Business meetings are still held over Sunday lunch with traditional Italian food and of course Mitolo wine shared with friends, old and new. And at the heart of it all, in the wine style, in the people, is the motto that the Mitolos brought from Abruzzo - forte a gentile: strong and gentle.

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Other Information

  • 2007 vintage
  • 6 x 750mL Bottles
  • SA - McLaren Vale, South Australia
  • Screwcap closure
  • 14.5% alc.
  • New

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