Vintage
2018
ABV
14%
Wine Type
Red
Wine Style
Still
Wine Description
This single vineyard lies in the Stone Well parish and has a myriad of soil types including red-clays and grey sands (blonde in colour) running the length of the vineyard. It always shows perfume and jube-like blue fruits, crops naturally at around 1.5 tonne to the acre and produces riper, sweeter fruited wines while still retaining acidity due to the limestone content of the soil. 3% Viognier skins included in the ferment for aroma, texture, freshness and more complexity with bottle age. 100% whole-bunch ferment, followed by 17 months in French oak using 300L barrels, 33% new.
Accolades
James Suckling 96/100: From the Limestone based soils around Stone Well, this has a very complex and spicy dark plum and blackberry nose. Espresso and dark chocolate notes too. The palate is deeply flavoured with blackberry, black cherry berry and blood plum flavours, and well as toasted spices and mocha. Smooth tannins, medium to full bodied. Very concentrated, very drinkable. Drink or hold. Screw Cap.
Winemaker's Bio
Alex Heads pathway was unusual - a degree in biochemistry from Sydney University, then experience with wine retail, importers and an auction house, but it explains why he makes such elegant wines. "The inspiration has come from the Cote-Rotie in the Northern Rhone Valley." - James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2024
