Our wine.

After coming off one of the earliest and quickest vintages ever of 2024, 2025 presented as a more ‘classical vintage’. A wet, cool to moderate winter and spring set a good foundation for vineyards that had been drained from the previous hotter vintage. Summer was a moderate, gradual warm up which provided for good time on vines for varietals, like the sun-seeking Vermentino which appreciates a bit of extra hang time to develop some really great flavours and phenolics.

This fruit comes from 20 year old vines on a single vineyard, northern aspect, gravelly site in the Wilyabrup sub region of Margaret River.

The fruit was harvested in the cool of the morning and processed after a short time on skins. It was sent through a must chiller to get the fruit nice and cold and then a very modest press cut was made to limit the phenolics. Wine was sent to tank to settle and then racked clean and inoculated for a cold ferment to maintain fruit purity, highlight the minerality and display the freshness – the three expressions we are chasing with this wine.

In a glass the Vermentino is a pale straw colour. The nose is fresh and bright, with driving orchard fruit notes, with some tropical shades creeping through around the edges. There are subtle floral blossom notes also mixed in with a general sea spray. The palate is medium bodied with some all round gentle weight and a juicy citrus line of acid to the finish which combines with a salty and phenolic lick. This is a drink now, easy going wine, but can handle being cellared for up to 5 years where some honeyed characters will develop.