Tasting Notes
James has been working with this organic, dry-grown site for ten years now. The own-rooted bush vines are thirty years old and sit on shallow grey sandy soils over ironstone. The site faces east and sits at an altitude of 280 metres. The handpicked fruit was all destemmed and spent one month on skins before the free run juice was sent to locally made amphora. The wine was then bottled after 10 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 |