Sangiovese is so well suited to the McLaren Vale region and over 40 years of experimenting with sites, clones and rootstocks has led to this Coriole Sangiovese being an Australian benchmark. Harvested from Coriole's 12 blocks across our 4 McLaren Vale vineyards it is interesting to see the site and clonal variations. The blending is done in the vineyard to create the optimum expression of McLaren Vale Sangiovese. Sangiovese was pioneered in Australia by Coriole Vineyards with the first plantings in 1985. It provided a contrasting style to shiraz - the great tradition of McLaren Vale - and has proven to be ideally suited to the warm maritime climate of the region. The fruit is sourced from some of the oldest producing Sangiovese vines in Australia.