Vintage
2018
ABV
14.5%
AUD$ FOB / 9L Case
$25.00 – $49.99
Wine Type
Red Blend
Wine Style
Still
Wine Description
The colour has a bright purple intensity, solid to the core. The nose offers a tremendous lift of spice from the Viognier. Dark blackberries are supported in the background by a careful use of oak. The palate is rich and luscious, followed by long tannins and dominating fruit.
Accolades
92 Points - Halliday Wine Companion 2021
Winemaker's Bio
Mike Farmilo is winemaking graduate of world renowned Roseworthy College in South Australia he began his winemaking career at Angoves Winery.
During this time he was involved in both laboratory and winemaking, including spirits and fortified wines. Mike then spent 13 years at Southcorp Wine Group where he had a long involvement with Seaview, Penfolds, Wynn’s Coonawarra, Lindemans, Seppelts, Coldstream Hills, Tollana and many others, the last 6 years as Group Red Winemaker, overseeing the production and styles of Southcorp’s massive red wine portfolio across Australia, France and California.
His wine credits include winning two Jimmy Watson Trophies, making Penfolds Grange, St Henri, Bin 707, Bin 389, Dorrien Cabernet, Lindemans St George and much more. Mike left Southcorp to pursue his own venture and to help establish Boar’s Rock Winery in McLaren Vale, South Australia in 1997. He was a founding shareholder and Principal Winemaker with Boar’s Rock, a contract processing, winemaking and storage facility that expanded and operated wineries in McLaren Vale (South Australia), Margaret River (Western Australia) and Riverland (South Australia). Mike has always been involved in the Australian Wine Show system, judging at the Melbourne, Rutherglen, McLaren Vale, Barossa, Clare, Langhorne Creek and Riverland Wine Shows over the years.
He is currently Chairman of Judges at the Australian Small Winemakers Wine Show, and Deputy Chair of the Adelaide Wine Show Committee. Through his long experience in the Wine Industry and in particular in the South Australian Regions, Mike has a great knowledge of wine and is particularly enthusiastic about the great wines that come out of McLaren Vale.