Tasting Notes
The majority of the fruit is sourced from the Ryan Road Vineyard, a site James started working with in 2020. It’s managed by Dave Gartlemann, sits at 60 metres elevation and is home to 44-year-old vines. It’s a rock-rich site, the soils are silty sand over red clay, interspersed with schist and ironstone. The fruit is destemmed and spends one month on skins before being pressed to stainless steel. It was blended with the pressings from the Lillies and Wood vineyards and bottled after eight months. - Distributor Note
James Erskine is a man with genuine passion for his wines and while that may not be unique in the wine world, James is one of the more uniquely creative people in the wine world that you are ever likely to meet. The grapes for this wine come from the Wood Vineyard planted by Ralph Wood in 1988 along the Clarendon Ridge in South Australia skirting the boundary of Adelaide Hills and McLaren Vale. All the vines are grown organically without the use of additional water and remain on their original root-stock planted on sandy red-grey over ironstone bedrock.
| Product Type | Wine Red Grenache & Friends |
| Volume | 750ml |
| Country | Australia |
| Region | South Australia |
| Sub Region | McLaren Vale |
| Winemaking Practices | Natural |
| Vineyard Practices | Organic/Biodynamic |