Brash Higgins 2025 ‘SCOOTY’ Pecorino
Pecorino is a stylish white wine grape from the Abruzzo region of Italy. Now happily growing along the ocean in McLaren Vale, South Australia and made by Brash Higgins Wine Co. It’s a delicious affair.
From our neighbourly growers at Lennon Vineyard comes this new planting of the coastal Italian white grape, Pecorino. This 2025 is the first harvest, and we’ve worked hard to plant this grape and get it into your glass, let me tell you.
Tasting Note: “The grapes are golden in colour. Bright apple and pear characteristics, herbal nuances like spearmint and jasmine, and a rush of chalky, saline, tonic-like acidity. These grapes are refreshing and offer perfect year round drinking, but Summer is King.BH”
The name “Scooty” is my mom’s nickname, as she scooted across the kitchen floor as a little girl. She loves dry white wines, so I made this one in her honour. She approves.
The label art of a sheep floating by in a cloud form refers to the Italian word “Pecora”, part of the grape name, and derived from the word for “sheep”. Legend has it that the sheep graze on the Pecorino grapes in the Marche and Abruzzo vineyards of Italy. Sheep milk is used in the production of the cheese of the same name, Pecorino. So, we wanted a sheep on the coast, and I was thinking about the idea of cloud shaped animals. Alas..
“A coppery hue. On the nose Pecorino has green apples, melons,p ear and herbal nuances of spearmint. Deep concentration with grip and chalkiness, some tart, salinity. Extra gear of lemon verbena characters with lime, more apple and cumquat.
We hope to have this wine as a seaside companion for years to come. Bring on the oysters, salt and pepper squid and King George whiting.” Brad Hickey, Vinitor, December 19, 2025
Additional Information:
Harvest date: Feb 15, 2025
Hand picked
Vineyard: Lennon Vnyd, McLren Vale
Grower: Michael Lennon
Viticulture: Sustainable, organic practices
Geology: red clay over limestone
Irrigation: drip
Altitude: 80 metres above sea level
Planted: 2023 grafted to Cab Sav
Fermenter type: 4 year white Stockinger hogshead, one steel barrel.
Time in oak/steel: 10 months
Oak origin: Austrian
Oak age: 100% 4 year
Bottling date: Dec 18, 2025
Filtration: Coarse Regimesh
Closure: Cork, Diam 5
pH 3.34, TA 6.3 g/l, alc 11%
30 Dozen, 30 Mags
Price: $35 per 750ml bottle
