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2024 Piquepoul

2024 is our tenth release of Piquepoul - we were the first to grow Piquepoul in Australia.

The nose is spritely and fresh showing fresh lemon, cypress and white nectarine.

The palate is fine and long with fresh acidity providing drive and texture, flavours of citrus blossom, jasmine flower and wet stone leaving the palate craving seafood, natural oysters especially!

"Gee, Coriole are knocking out some excellent white wines. Love the texture here, it’s really chalky and pithy, and in with that some brine, a little lavender and lemon thyme perfume, ripe lemon and pink grapefruit, juicy and zippy acidity, with a peppery finish of excellent length. Delightful. So clean and fresh. I’m giving it a bonus point for being so interesting and good to drink. 94 points"
Gary Walsh, Winefront

"This saw a classic cool-steel ferment, with some pressings blended back. Picpoul can be linear and acidic with not too much else going on, a perfect seafood and sunshine wine. This still fills the latter brief, but there’s also real depth and detail to the fruit flavours – it’s the 10th release, so vine age may also be chiming in. Classic green apple and lemony zing, red apple skin, a burr of grip, there’s tension and nerve, with a briny, maritime quality. It’s dry, mouth puckering, salivating. Lovely. 93 points"
Marcus Ellis, Wine Companion

"Ultra pale lime and lemon tints. Baking bread, sea spray and lemon zest aromatics. Lime fruits, sea spray and gardenia notes all run along the palate. Good fruit intensity with bright acid that guides it to a good length finish. Clean and refreshing. 92 points"
Stuart Knox, The Real Review

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94 points - Winefront

Wine Specs

Vintage

2024

Acid

6.3 g/L

3.11

Residual Sugar

0.2 g/L

Wine Profile

Tasting Notes

The nose is spritely and fresh showing fresh lemon, cypress and white nectarine. The palate is fine and long with fresh acidity providing drive and texture, flavours of citrus blossom, jasmine flower and wet stone leaving the palate craving seafood, natural oysters especially!

Vineyard Notes

2021 will be sure to be remembered as one of the great vintages in McLaren Vale. The vintage started off well with slightly above average rainfall through the winter and spring of 2020. Once the growing season commenced, we had healthy vines, and mild conditions through spring and summer. Vintage kicked off in mid-February and a well-spaced vintage saw the last fruit picked in mid-April. We had average yields across most white varieties with the resulting wines showing great clarity of aromatics. There is a beautiful acid-driven restraint in chenin and piquepoul; fiano is lively and showing the full array of fruit and spice aromatics. In shiraz, fantastic fruit condition and even ripening made life easy in the winery where we could watch each block express its identity - bright fruit and juicy flavours, with ripe, full tannin structures and impressive length of flavour. Sangiovese, nero and negroamaro very strong with vibrant primary fruit and lifted aromatics.

Winemaker Notes

We planted Australia’s first piquepoul vineyard in 2010 after falling in love with this delightful southern French variety. It's the last variety that we pick and bring into the winery, and is well suited to our McLaren Vale climate. The simple stainless steel fermentation highlights the wine's delicate texture.

Food Pairing Notes

Best served with freshly shucked oysters - the ultimate companion to complement Piquepoul’s lively acidity. Or try some lightly grilled fresh caught squid with a squeeze of citrus.

Other Notes

Piquepoul has long been a favourite of the Lloyd Family and was selected as having potential as a new variety for McLaren Vale. We imported the cuttings in 2009 from a nursery in southern France and some years later had our first release in 2015. The variety has proven itself to be well suited to our Mediterranean climate and has found a new home in the Vale. Its fresh acidity and lively texture make it a great accompaniment for seafood, particularly oysters and other shellfish.