Ponting The Pinnacle Shiraz 2022
Ponting 'The Pinnacle' Shiraz is a bold and expressive red wine crafted from McLaren Vale's renowned Shiraz grapes. It offers a deep ruby hue and a rich bouquet of ripe berry fruits, black pepper, nutmeg, and cloves, complemented by sweet, soft tannins. The palate is full-bodied and complex, showcasing layers of dark fruit flavors with a touch of spice and a long, elegant finish. This wine pays homage to the pinnacle of the cricketing world, the Ashes, reflecting the dedication and achievements of its namesake, Ricky Ponting. It pairs excellently with hearty dishes like grilled meats and aged cheeses.
Region: McLaren Vale, South Australia
Ponting 'The Pinnacle' Shiraz is a bold and expressive red wine crafted from McLaren Vale's renowned Shiraz grapes. It offers a deep ruby hue and a rich bouquet of ripe berry fruits, black pepper, nutmeg, and cloves, complemented by sweet, soft tannins. The palate is full-bodied and complex, showcasing layers of dark fruit flavors with a touch of spice and a long, elegant finish. This wine pays homage to the pinnacle of the cricketing world, the Ashes, reflecting the dedication and achievements of its namesake, Ricky Ponting. It pairs excellently with hearty dishes like grilled meats and aged cheeses.
Region: McLaren Vale, South Australia
Ponting 'The Pinnacle' Shiraz is a bold and expressive red wine crafted from McLaren Vale's renowned Shiraz grapes. It offers a deep ruby hue and a rich bouquet of ripe berry fruits, black pepper, nutmeg, and cloves, complemented by sweet, soft tannins. The palate is full-bodied and complex, showcasing layers of dark fruit flavors with a touch of spice and a long, elegant finish. This wine pays homage to the pinnacle of the cricketing world, the Ashes, reflecting the dedication and achievements of its namesake, Ricky Ponting. It pairs excellently with hearty dishes like grilled meats and aged cheeses.
Region: McLaren Vale, South Australia
About Ponting Wines
Ponting Wines is a collaboration between one of Australia’s most celebrated cricketers, Ricky Ponting and Ben Riggs, an award-winning Australian winemaker known for uncompromising, high quality wines. Masters of their craft, their partnership has been forged to celebrate their dedication and achievements.
Each wine reflects Ricky’s life and has been carefully crafted by Ben to ensure flavour, structure and complexity are of the highest quality.
Ben’s winery in South Australia is positioned at the premium end of the ladder, and uses his extensive contacts with growers to pick exceptional fruit from Tasmania, the Adelaide Hills, Clare Valley, Barossa Valley, Coonawarra and McLaren Vale. Ben’s winemaking philosophy is to make unpretentious wines that express the essence of the vineyard and the region’s terroir in a style that Ben enjoys drinking; big, rich and complex, but also with finesse, texture and elegance.
