Happs Three Hills Sangiovese (6 Bottles) Margaret River
$299.00 GST Included
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Sangiovese is an Italian variety that is the backbone for Chianti. Sangiovese is the #1 varietal in Italy with 247,000 acres, 10% of the entire wine grape crop. The hot, dry climate, such as Tuscany provides, is where Sangiovese thrives. Because these climatic criteria generally enhance quantity, rather than quality, it takes careful cultivation and winemaking techniques to produce really excellent wine from this grape.
We find it tends to crop generously and produce thin wines unless the fruit is thinned and well ripened in a favourable year. When it all comes together we release the wine under the Three Hills label at cellar door. The first Three Hills vintage (2004) was a ripper and it simply walked out the door. The experience has confirmed for us the basic proposition that consumers never fail to identify a really top notch wine
The flavour profile of Sangiovese is fruity, with moderate to high natural acidity and generally a medium-body ranging from firm and elegant to assertive and robust and a finish that can tend towards bitterness. The aroma is generally not as assertive and easily identifiable as Cabernet Sauvignon, for example, but can have a strawberry, blueberry, faintly floral, violet or plummy character.
A pretty aroma of lilac, red Jubes, cranberry, blueberry and liqueur cherry with notes of ‘Red Skins’, truffle, choc mint and coffee.
A medium weight wine which displays both sweet fruit and savoury flavours. Sour cherry, red fruits, turned earth and tapenade are most prominent with notes of dark chocolate, licorice and bay leaf. It is a complex savoury style wine with noticeable chalky tannin that complements Mediterranean food perfectly.
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About Happs Wines
Founded in 1978, Happs and Commonage Pottery has a long and inspiring story as one of the pioneering, family-run wineries and pottteries in the Margaret River region.
Our story begins with two local high school teachers, Erl and Ros Happ who fell in love in 1969.
This young, passionate, adventurous couple had boundless enthusiasm and drive to create. This love of creation manifested itself in many ways, particularly in creating pottery and wine.
Clay and wine have been intrinsically linked to Happs with the winery and cellar door being built using clay dug from the ground on the Commonage road property. Each mudbrick was built by hand. The slides below show a smattering of the events that have shaped Happs and who we are today.
Kirk and Rebecca welcome you as a Partner in Wine! We are a couple of West Australians who met over a bottle of wine, and whose love developed like a full-bodied red. Before long we found our weekends planned around West Australia’s diverse wine regions in an attempt to uncover smaller, niche wineries and the hidden gems amongst their delectable wine creations.
Like you, we appreciate good times and great wine – enjoyed with friends and loved ones – and our journey has taken us through each of the beautiful wine regions of this great state, sampling thousands of wines along the way.
Many WA wines are highly rated by the likes of James Halliday – Australian wine critic, winemaker, and senior wine competition judge – and many prestigious national awards are bestowed on our state’s wine produce each year. WA’s wine is world renowned and highly sought after, but at the same time a large number of boutique wines are hard to come by in major stores, with the winemakers choosing to sell only through their cellar door.
We choose small, WA-only boutique wineries so that you can sample a special drop from our own backyard. Every wine we have tasted and personally endorse, so join us for a taste of WA. Let your winery trail begin – from the comfort of your own home!
