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   Featured Producer		Penny's Hill    
PO Box 584
McLaren Vale
South Australia 5171		Tel: (08) 8556 4460
Web: http://www.pennyshill.com.au/
 Penny's Hill is a relatively new McLaren Vale brand, its first wines being produced from the 1995 vintage. Recognised by its distinctive 'red dot' packaging, the Penny's Hill range is made by winemaker Ben Riggs, who uses only estate-grown fruit from the company's McLaren Vale vineyards (Penny's Hill, Goss Corner and Malpas Road) which are managed by local viticulturist, David Paxton.

The Penny's Hill Vineyard was planted on 80 acres (33 ha) of grazing land in the foothills east of McLaren Vale. Originally a grazing property, the land was purchased in 1988 by proprietors Tony and Susie Parkinson, and 45 acres (17.8ha) are now planted to vines.

Penny's Hill vineyard is planted to 5 acres (2.05 ha) of Cabernet Sauvignon, 21 acres (8.71 ha) of Shiraz, 17 acres (6.92 ha) of Chardonnay and 2 acres (0.81 ha) of Grenache. The vineyard was planted over five years between 1991 and 1996. The first planting was 4 acres (1.93 ha) of Shiraz in 1991, followed by another 13 acres (5.37 ha) of Shiraz adjacent to the original block in 1992. Planting continued with the Chardonnay in 1993, as well as the small block of Cabernet Sauvignon.

A further 3 acres (1.41 ha) of Shiraz ('The Dairy Block') was planted in 1996. The team of Ben Riggs (maker) and Toby Bekkers (viticulturist) isolate different parts of the vineyard that produce grapes with distinctive characteristics. These different parcels are picked, fermented and barrel aged separately to provide the very best blending components to create the Penny's Hill wines. They call this 'mini appellation' approach 'footprinting' the vineyard, and the reserve wines are be sub-branded 'Footprint'.
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