Editors notes
This wine displays fruit aromas of black cherry, sage and blueberries. A dusting of clove-like oak completes the bouquet.
With flavours true to the promised aromas, a highlight of this wine is its graceful core weight that carries from start throughout the long finish. Chalky texture provided by the natural tannin acid structure of the fruit, ensures a savoury balance matched to sweet fruited Pinot Noir character.
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Critic Scores & reviews
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James Halliday's Wine Companion
95""Hand-picked fruit, 5 days' cold soak, wild-yeast open-top fermentation, 14 days on skins, mlf, 10 months in French oak barriques (33% new). Winemaker Scott Ireland's signature aromatics are all over this impressive youngster, with wild herbs, potpourri, violets, earth and, yes, red berries – alive and vibrant. Fills the mouth with flavour and doesn't let go. Beauty, form and persistence.""
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Campbell Mattinson
93+""This is a bloody good wine. So complex, so silken, so interesting. It brings round after round of undergrowth, leaf, ripe red/black cherry, smoked meat and more. It has tannin, integrated. And yet a real juiciness to the finish. The main take-home here though is the wine’s complexity. It has so much going on.""
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Australia
Australia's wine industry is a thriving part of the country's economy, contributing significantly to employment, production, export, and tourism. In fact, the industry is the fourth-largest wine exporter in the world, shipping out 760 million liters of wine to countries including France, Italy, Spain, and the UK. One of the key factors contributing to Australia's success as a "New World" wine producer is the formal export and marketing of its wines through Wine Australia.
Australia's wine regions are scattered across the south and southeast, with almost every state boasting its own vineyards. Victoria, for example, is home to an impressive 21 wine regions. Some of the most famous wine regions in Australia include Margaret River, Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, Eden Valley, Clare Valley, Hunter Valley, Yarra Valley, and local regions to New South Wales such as Cowra, Southern Highlands, and Mudgee.
Australian winemakers are known for producing a diverse range of grape varieties, with Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, and Pinot Noir being among the most popular. They tend to focus on producing wines that are ripe, fruit-forward, and easy to drink, using modern winemaking techniques and equipment such as stainless steel tanks and temperature-controlled fermentation.
With its bold, fruit-driven flavors and reputation for quality and diversity, Australian wine has become a popular choice for wine lovers around the world. And with such a broad range of wine regions and grape varieties, there's something for every palate to enjoy.
Victoria
The wine region of Victoria has the highest number of grapevines than any other state in Australia. It is home to over 600 wineries and well-known regions such as Yarra Valley, Heathcote, and Rutherglen. Victoria is situated in the southeastern corner of Australia where due to the location, the climate has a cool maritime influence and is known for its outstanding Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, along with producing Australia’s most famed dessert Muscat and Topaque wines.
There are a number of different terroir levels throughout the wine region of Victoria which leads to the production of different ranges of wines. In the southern region of Victoria, the vines are regulated by the cool winds of the Bass Strait. Central Victoria consists of mostly flat terrain that tends to be drier and warmer than the rest of Victoria, which results in more fruit concentrated wines. It may be surprising to note that Victoria is the third most productive wine region in Australia, seeing as it does not have as many areas suitable for viticulture, which has resulted in the cellar door culture of Victoria being concentrated with smaller, but more personal boutique wineries.
Geelong
The wine regions surrounding the town of Geelong are varied and diverse, from the subregions of the Surf Coast and Otways to the Bellarine Peninsula and Moorabool Valley.
Historically, Geelong was the largest grape-growing region in Victoria (in the 1800s) and in more recent times has undergone somewhat of a renaissance. In the last few decades, winemakers have been rediscovering the rich soils and a climate that is somewhere (some say halfway) between France's Bordeaux and Burgundy regions.
The region is known for boutique, family owned winegrowers producing quality hand crafted wines, more so than any bigger winery operations. Varietally speaking, Geelong is renowned for its superior Shiraz, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Whilst these 3 are the staple of most winegrowers and makers, the more adventurous have been known to grow and make Riesling, Gewurztraminer and Merlot and even some of the more left-field types like Primitivo, Gamay, Carmenere and Langrein.
About the brand Provenance
The match of grape variety to country/site/terroir is key to making great wine. We have searched the country of south-west Victoria, seeking vineyards of great provenance that meet this principle. Our aim is simple: make great wines that display the fruit quality of these special vineyards, wines with beautiful natural flavour and inherent balance.
Whether you are a Geelong local or travelling to the Bellarine Peninsula, Surf Coast or Great Ocean Road, you’ll enjoy a warm welcome at our heritage listed cellar door.
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