Why Fiano? How well do you know Fiano? I think that to be fair, I don’t know it all that well. In fact, I’ve only made Fiano 7 times! But such is the nature of winemaking. You could be an OG and still have only made wine 20 times (or vintages). So, while 7 isn’t […]
Juxtaposed Old Vine Grenache I’ve been thinking about these wines a fair bit lately, as the release day for our 6 vintage vertical approaches. I’ve been thinking about our journey with Grenache, from when I first arrived in Australia and worked it for the first time, to going off on our own and making it […]
2020 Juxtaposed Fiano 2020 Juxtaposed Fiano From the Lacey vineyard in the Sellicks Foothills in McLaren Vale. Not much to say about the winemaking in this one, pretty traditional. Destemmed, but whole berry pressed. Did one fermenter with full solids and racked the other one. Fermented to dryness, racked and sulphured up and put to […]
2019 Juxtaposed Old Vine Shiraz’s When I was putting the blends together this year I tasted the two wines that ended being bottled on their own and there was just so much unique character between the two. Add in the fact that the Sherry vineyard was sold in late 2019 and we will no longer […]
2019 Juxtaposed Old Vine Grenache A blend of the Smart Vineyard in Clarendon and the Wait Vineyard in Blewitt Springs. The Wait vineyard will be 80 in a couple years and the Smart Vineyard will be 100 next year. I consider myself pretty lucky to get this fruit. It is in seriously short supply and […]
