Tasting Notes
The bulkier bigger brother to the Eleven Sons Tu Rigoles Touriga. This has more fruit weight and is heading a bit more torwards what you may expect from Touriga. Mitch still manages to keep things nice and fresh by retaining a good level of acidity. - Pete L
Eleven Sons is a small-batch, artisanal wine project led by winemaker Mitch Sokolin. Known for a "hands-off" and explorative approach, the label focuses on producing tiny quantities of site-specific wines—sometimes as few as 500 bottles per cuvée—sourced from unique and often overlooked vineyard plots across the globe.
Sokolin employs low-intervention techniques, frequently utilizing whole-cluster fermentation and neutral vessels like stainless steel or old oak to ensure the fruit and terroir remain the focus. Mitch always says you can’t beat good DNA. So he travels far and wide to find vineyards with great geology and climate to make his wines.
He is nomadic in spirit and as a result so are his wines. His Australian range is sourced from specific sites on the Limestone Coast, but he also travels to Spain to source from high-altitude, rocky outcrops in Salamanca (specifically the Sierra de Francia).
The wines typically exhibit a savory, mineral-driven profile with fine-grained tannins and bright acidity. They are often compared to the elegant, "rocky" reds of the Canary Islands or Northern Italy's Valtellina, offering a sophisticated alternative to more traditional, fruit-forward styles.
| Product Type | Wine Red Other Varietals & Blends |
| Volume | 750ml |
| Country | Australia |
| Region | South Australia |
| Sub Region | Limestone Coast |
| Winemaking Practices | Natural |
| Vineyard Practices | Organic/Biodynamic |