Kingston Estate Echelon Petit Verdot 2016 (6 Bottles) Riverland, SA
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Our Kingston Echelon range showcases some of the best fruit we bring into the winery each vintage. Only wines of exceptional fruit vibrancy and flavour intensity are selected for Echelon, wines that have superb drinkability now as well as the ability to age beautifully.
It was in the 1990’s that Bill Moularadellis, Kingston’s founder and chief winemaker, pioneered Petit Verdot in the Riverland after noticing that wines that contained the variety stood out with exceptional colour, vibrancy and weight. It has since become Kingston’s signature variety and our Petit Verdots have gone on to win numerous trophies and gold medals around the world.
Petit Verdot is a late ripening variety (the name translates to ‘the little green one’) and struggles to ripen in its European homeland. We have extensive plantings in deep sandy soils on limestone adjacent to the winery, where the grapes are able to reach full ripeness and intensity.
This elegant Petit Verdot displays layers of bright berry fruit and herbs on the nose which follow through onto the palate which, along with well integrated oak, gives way to a generous finish.
2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Winery of the Year – Berlin International Wine Competition
2019 Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Winery of the Year – Melbourne International Wine Competition
2019 Petit Verdot Australian Winery of the Year – New York International Wine Competition
Description
4 Star Rated Winery – By James Halliday’s Australian Wine Companion 2020
In 1979 Sarantos and Constantina Moularadellis planted a 40 acre vineyard in South Australia’s Riverland. Kingston Estate today is the 10th largest wine producer in Australia and remains one of Australia’s largest family-owned wineries. When Bill Moularadellis, their son completed his oenology degree in 1985, Kingston Estate Wines was officially born. Kingston Estate Wines encapsulates the very essence of what gives Australian family-owned wineries their great reputations today.
Proud traditions are devotedly passed down from one generation to the next, and passion runs through their very veins. The Kingston Estate wine range captures the integrity of South Australian regions’ iconic wine varieties. Rarely has an Australian winery punched so far above its weight in terms of value for money without losing regional identity.
