Wine Type
Red Blend
Wine Style
Still
Wine Description
An equal blend of the best barrel each of Monopole Shiraz and Old Garden Mourvedre, exclusively from 1853 vine-age providence. 600 bottles produced.
Accolades
Vintage 2018, 98 Points James Suckling, 97 Points Jeremy Oliver, 98 Points Winepilot
Winemaker's Bio
Dean Hewitson was born in 1965 at the start of the red and white table wine booms in Australia. As a consequence in the early 70s he was planting vines and harvesting grapes in the small vineyard his parents with friends commenced, while collecting wine labels in a scrap book. It was an inconspicuous beginning of a life in wine.
Dean completed his Wine Making Degree at Australia’s Roseworthy Agricultural College in 1986. He then spent a decade working in one of Australia’s leading wineries from 1987 to 1997. During this time Dean travelled in France, working vintages 1988 and 1989 and experiencing regions including Bordeaux, Burgundy, Champagne, Beaujolais and The Rhone. Dean then spent two years from 1990 to 1992 in California at UC Davis, completing his Masters in Food Science (Enology) and at the same time immersed himself tasting in the vineyards of Santa Barbara, Napa Valley, Sonoma Valley, Monterey, Oregon and Washington State, including vintaging 1991 in Willamette Valley. In 1995 Dean lived and worked making wine in Provence for 3 months with his wife Lou while raising their young family.
Dean founded his eponymous winery Hewitson in 1998 and in 1999 was awarded Australia’s Best New Producer. From this point Hewitson has continued making wines of the quality and distinction and is recognised in the top tier of Barossa Valley and Australia wineries.
