2025 GRENACHE BLANC
Kaurna Country / Blewitt Springs / McLaren Vale
Grenache Blanc grown in the deep sandy soils of Blewitt Springs. These grapes are from an Eastern facing slope on the Cross family's Marmont Vineyard. 24 hours of cold skin contact is carried out to build texture.
Highly aromatic and unashamedly thirst slaking. Fresh cut pear, lime leaf and white florals abound. A subtle chalky texture provides focus and drives the flavour long after the wine has left the mouth.
Refreshment factor is high here.
2024 GRENACHE BLANC, ROUSSANNE, PICPOUL
Kaurna Country / Kangarilla / McLaren Vale
A nod to the blended white wines of Southern France. This blend is 55% Grenache Blanc, 40% Roussanne and 5% Picpoul; the Grenache Blanc and Roussanne are sourced from the meticulously farmed Yangarra Estate vineyard. The Picpoul is grown by the Macauley family.
Texture is the key with this wine. The Roussanne spends 2 days on skins and the Grenache Blanc is left for 24 hours. Silty, chalky, powdery.
Licks of freshly cut pear, sugared almond and a subtle preserved lemon note, flow effortlessly through a fine dusting of powdery tannin.
Don't drink this wine too cold and drink it with gusto.
2022 CABERNET FRANC
Kaurna Country / Blewitt Springs / McLaren Vale
Cabernet franc from 50 year old vines in Blewitt Springs. Shallow sandy soils beneath, clear blue skies above. 100% whole berry fermentation.
Intoxicating perfume of crushed violets, caraway seed and ripe red cherry. The palate exhibits a buoyant energy; dark cherry juice, a sheath of powdery tannin and mouth-watering acidity providing the matrix.
A wine that speaks so very beautifully of variety and place.
2023 SYRAH
Peramangk Country / Oakbank / Adelaide Hills
Syrah from the cool climes of the Adelaide Hills. These grapes are sourced from the Murdoch Hill vineyard just outside of Oakbank. 30% whole bunch fermentation and only minimal hand plunging. 9 months in seasoned French oak.
Spicy and lifted, this Syrah leaps from the glass. Loaded with plush dark berries, olive tapenade and pepper-crusted game, all coiled around a firm arrow of long, powdery tannin.
Decadent hedonism dressed up as a nonchalant party boy.
2023 MALBEC
Ngarrindjeri Country / Langhorne Creek
A wine inspired by a community. This Malbec was sourced from Lisa & Dale Wenzel’s Glenrowan Vineyard in Langhorne Creek.
Decadent dark fruit, sweet baking spice and roasted beetroot earthiness. Open weave, powdery tannins cast the net from where all the flavour hangs.
2023 GRENACHE
Ngadjuri Country / Krondorf & Vine Vale / Barossa Valley
Sourced from two vineyards established in the 1940's and 1960's. 60% whole bunch ferment and only very gentle hand plunging.
This grenache is characterised by its perfume; white flowers, ripe raspberry and a dusting of baker's spice. A subtle, savoury earthiness weaves purposefully through the silty, gypsum-like tannins to provide a framework to house the abundance of bright, red berry fruit.
As pretty as a flower, this wine is built for drinking.
2024 CINSAUT
Kaurna Country / Tatachilla / McLaren Vale
Cinsaut. Cinsault. Sinso. Samson. The synonyms go on.
Cinsaut from the Lennon Vineyard courtesy of Brad Hickey. 50% whole bunch ferment. Raised in stainless steel. 6% old vine grenache.
Bright red cherry, alpine herb and cola spice. Delightfully light weight, vibrant red berries & supple, silty tannins.
Thirst slaking red wine.
2023 CABERNET SAUVIGNON, SHIRAZ
Kaurna & Peramangk Country / Clarendon & Oakbank / South Australia
The great Australian blend. 70% Cabernet Sauvignon from Hickinbotham Vineyard in Clarendon & 30% Shiraz from Murdoch Hill Vineyard in Oakbank.
Mid weight, luncheon wine. Bright brambly fruit meets freshly plucked sage. Black olive and just-ripe plum.
Dad claret, but not as you know it.
2023 GRENACHE
Kaurna Country / Blewitt Springs / McLaren Vale
Old vine, Blewitt Springs Grenache from Tullah Vineyard.
80+ year old vines, lovingly doted on by Fiona Wood.
30% whole bunch and 28 days on skins.
An exuberant nose of cherry, wilting florals & wild fennel. Firm, gypsum like tannins interweave seamlessly with this bright fruit profile to present a complex, tightly coiled wine that drinks beautifully now but will reward those with the patience to cellar.
A wine of both immediate seduction & layered sophistication.