“This wine is a blend from two vineyards on the Peninsula, one situated in Balnarring and the other in Merricks.  The Merricks vineyard we lease and manage ourselves providing complete autonomy over how we wish to grow the fruit.   Of the pair of DML wines we make, this remains the slightly darker fruited, more dense and savoury edged wines of the two.  The nose opens with stewed plum, rhubarb and cherry liquor notes, along with spice, earth and other savoury complexities.  The palate is medium bodied and shows flavours of blackberry, cranberry, baking spice and other savoury nuances.  These flavours on the palate are perfectly supported by a core of tannin and well balanced acid that run through this wine. “ Sam Middleton

Handpicked

-100% destemmed, whole berries 

-14 days on skins, pumping over at the start of ferment then hand plunged

-Combination of wild and inoculated yeast fermentation

-20% new French oak 

-pH - 3.60

-Alc - 13.0%

-No fining