Evan and Tina Gobell’s Stonewell Road vineyard sits at 255m elevation on red loam over clay peppered with ironstone. It has a gentle westerly aspect and is pruned to grow low yielding, early ripening and intensely flavoured fruit.

For wine nerds like me: Fair winter rains were punctuated by a rare hailstorm in late October, damaging young shoots and reducing yields. There followed a mild summer and unusually temperatures never exceeded 40C. Handpicked on the 3rd of March, 50% destemmed, 50% whole bunch, wild fermented in open fermenter and foudre, pressed to French oak, matured for 20 months in barrel (15% new).

1550 bottles produced.

Shipping: 1-11 bts $12 SA, $20 VIC & NSW, $25 WA, $27 QLD.
12bts or more free of charge.