The 2021 harvest was a belter, the weather was perfect and the winemaking was almost effortless. The fruit was in immaculate condition in the winery, and the harvest ambled along without stress. Winemakers in general are renowned for talking up every harvest, but 2021 is genuinely a once in a decade vintage, particularly for these top end wines. It is …
We regularly reach for Italian varieties from our cellar, which led us to plant Aglianico in the Barossa Valley 14 years ago. Now as the roots of this vineyard settle into the famed soils of the Northern Barossa Valley, the wine we produce from it becomes more akin to those from our Northern Hemisphere peers. We release to you our …
Over recent years, the Barossa Valley has experienced an incredible run of very high-quality harvests, and each displays a core of vibrant, fresh, and bright energy that is a hallmark of cooler conditions. These traits are perfect for Spring drinking, and are particularly important to showcase the varietal characteristics of Grenache and Mataro, that we are now releasing from the …
Whilst 2020 was a rough year for everyone, the silver lining from this difficult year was the exceptional quality of wine produced albeit in very limited supply. Frost and windy conditions in the Spring along with an uncharacteristically hot, dry and windy December lead to poor fruit set and significantly reduced crops. Whilst we were staring down a difficult growing …
It is no secret that I have been bullish regarding the quality of the 2021 wines that we have made. In near-perfect conditions, fruit flavour and ripeness developed early, allowing us to pick fruit with lower sugar and higher natural acidity than any time I can remember. The fruit was in immaculate condition in the winery, and the harvest ambled …
The Barossa certainly provides us with rare and distinguished wines in all kinds of conditions. The wines made in 2019 are indicative of a warm, low yielding harvest and will please lovers of powerful Barossa Shiraz. We anticipate the wines from 2019 to be highly sought after, following the lowest yielding but regarded by many to be the highest quality …
Release Date : 1st October 2021 Over the years we have been on the hunt for another red varietal that could match the quality of Mataro, Grenache and Shiraz in the Barossa Valley. After drinking some wonderful sulphur free examples from Italy, we settled on planting Aglianico. The grape has probably exceeded our expectations, and the late ripening at lower …
2020 delivered a surreal and bizarre life experience, one that although littered with individual stories, has been shared by virtually all humans across the globe. The pandemic that has shaped our lives over the last twelve months has both connected and separated us like nothing else this generation. The 2020 harvest continued despite Australia’s first nationwide lockdown, and in the …
The Barossa Valley is recognised globally for producing some of the finest and most collectable wines. Continuing our stellar run of great vintages, the near perfect conditions in 2018 has resulted in another spectacular vintage characterised by intensity and elegance. 2019 will certainly be a Vintage for the lovers of powerful Barossa Shiraz. The Barossa certainly provides us with rare …
The harvest seemed to flow effortlessly for us in the winery and the proceeding stresses that mother nature threw our way evaporated with every press load. The wines are rich in colour with fine tannins and high tone aromatics. The cold autumn nights of the 2019 harvest have delivered wines with purity, freshness and well-balanced acid. A vintage for the …
