Vintage
2022
ABV
14.8%
Wine Type
Red
Wine Style
Still
Wine Description
The ‘Bush Vine’ project represents the culmination of 35+ years’ experience of our families inland farming and viticultural journey where we test the limits of ‘dry growing’ in Merbein, Victoria, the heart of our production.
The vineyard was established organically in 2017 and managed with no herbicides or pesticides, hand pruned, hand harvested and even manually weeded. In the extreme hot and brutal climate of the Murray Darling, each vine is grown as a little tree/bush to provide its own shade and protection from the harsh sun. They are spaced 2.5 metres apart which enables them to capture the water it needs and minimises competition from neighbouring vines.
Accolades
95pts - Halliday Wine Companion
Talk about lipsmacking. This is a wine to revel in. It tastes of earth, sweet/ripe/raisined berries, an array of roasted spices and a smorgasbord of herbs-in-flower, but it's the presence of it, and the meatiness of it, that really gets you over the line. This is not a dense wine – it's light-ish – but the effect is more than the sum of its parts. Campbell Mattinson
