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A New Maris Sol
2019 Maris Sol Preservative Free Grenache Mataro
A penchant for stepping out of the ordinary was the nucleus for our new addition, a preservative free Grenache Mataro from fruit sourced from our own estate blocks.
A style of bright fruit, fresh and vibrant, with a juicy unctuous core of blackberry, redcurrant, plum and savoury edges, no preservative has been used in the process.
26/11/2019 at 2:02 PM
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Geographe Wine Show Results 2019
Most Successful Geographe Producer
2018 Dragonfly Shiraz
Wine of the Show
Best Geographe Shiraz
Best Geographe Red Wine
Gold Medal
2018 Solana Tempranillo
Best WA Alternative Varietal
Best WA Tempranillo
Gold Medal
2019 Dragonfly Sauvignon Blanc Semillon
Best Geographe White Blend
2017 Dragonfly Grenache Shiraz Mataro
Best Geographe Red Blend
Gold Medal
2018 Gravel Pit Shiraz
Gold Medal
23/09/2019 at 1:39 PMGold Medal- 2018 Dragonfly Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot
16/08/2019 at 10:22 PM
2018 Bookends Fume Sauvignon Blanc Semillon
** 2018 Bookends due for release late 2019**
04/07/2019 at 11:49 PM
Harvest Tasting Feb 2019
Last month we held our first ever Harvest Tasting with visitors getting a first hand look into the vineyard, thank you to all that came along we are looking forward to hosting more events like these in the future.
08/03/2019 at 10:37 AM
From the Winemakers, vintage 2019
From the Winemakers...
Kim Horton & Dougal Herd
Another year flies by and vintage is almost upon us again with Vintage 2019 shaping to be one of the more interesting years.
Climatically, in a nutshell, the season has been cool and dry. The five months until this point at the end of January have yielded little rain, about 70mm less than this time last year.
The cooler weather has also disrupted flowering and fruit set resulting in much smaller bunch sizes and high incidence of hen and chicken. The cooler conditions have continued into January, and January 2019 average temperature of 21.3 is two degrees Celsius lower than the 23.3 of 2016.
So what does this mean? With still much of the season to unfold, anything is still possible, however we are bracing ourselves for small crops of intensely flavoured fruit, especially in whites, and keeping our fingers crossed for an Indian Summer to ensure good ripeness of flavour and tannin in the reds. It also must be noted the distinct lack of Eucalypt blossom this season will create bird pressure and fruit netting will form the basic defence against crows and silvereyes.
01/02/2019 at 12:12 PM