| Region | Barossa |
| Sub-Region | Mount McKenzie |
| Altitude | 380 metres |
| Soil | Clay loam over Ironstone Shales |
| Trellis System | Single wire |
| Varietal Blend |
82% Sangiovese
18% Trebbiano
|
| Age of Vines | 15 – 116 years |
| Alc/vol | 13% |
| Closure | Crown |
| Yield per Acre | 1.5 ton |
| Total Production | 2000 x 750ml bottles |
| Winemaking | Handpicked during the first cool light hours of the morning, 100% whole bunch basket pressed to seasoned puncheon French oak for natural fermentation with lees aging for 7 months prior to bottling. |
| Vineyard | Sangiovese vines from our original farmhouse located at Mt McKenzie at an altitude of 380 metres that lays upon a clay loam and shaley schist rock bed. Trebbiano vines dating back to 1905 located on the deep white loamy sands of Koonunga Dunes. |
| Vintage | Great to see timely rainfall in the Barossawith falls being during critical times of the vines production. Excellent fruit set, canopy cover and a mild long dry summer has produced glamour fruit with amazing flavours and natural holding acidity. |
| Style | Beautifully complex, fine & dry with flavours & aromatics of rose petals, pomegranate, white cherries and strawberries all combining bright lingering flavours being crunchy & textural with cleansing fruit acidity. |
Reviews
THE WINEFRONT GARY WALSH – NOV 2021
Well here’s an interesting wine. I suspect it will be loved by quite a few, and leave others scratching their heads. It’s a pretty wild and sour thing, a bit meaty, stinky and yeasty, yet also has a fair amount of perfume with that. I’m thinking pomegranate and sour cherry beer, crisp with plenty of powdery/chalky texture, rosehip and redcurrant, and a lively sour-edged finish of good length.
A hard wine to rate, though I do like it.
