{"title":"Swinney","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"swinney-syrah-2019","title":"Swinney Syrah 2019","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eSwinney’s 2019 Syrah was hand-harvested from five small parcels planted to a range of clones, including Jack Mann’s heritage massale selection of Syrah and two more recent clones that the Swinneys have introduced from the Rhône Valley. Unlike the Grenache and Mourvèdre, the Syrah is trellised (although there are plans afoot to plant single-stake Syrah in the future). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eAs is the case for all these wines, the fruit was hand-harvested and sorted, then sent to small wooden and stainless steel fermenters via gravity (with the inclusion of six percent Grenache and an eyedropper’s worth of Mourvèdre for added complexity). Naturally fermented with 18% whole bunches, the wine spent two weeks on skins prior to being pressed directly to fine-grained large format French oak (19% new). The wine was then bottled unfined and minimally filtered after 11 months in barrel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swinney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44117753299172,"sku":"18903-750","price":42.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/71273b9f-43fc-ec11-ab3d-024d026f405e_18903-750.jpg?v=1693020146"},{"product_id":"swinney-grenache-2020","title":"Swinney Grenache 2020","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eIn the late 1990’s Grenache was hardly known in Western Australia, let alone in Great Southern. But, with a love of top Southern Rhône and Priorat wines, Matt Swinney had a hunch and went ahead and planted the region’s first bush-vine Grenache vineyard. He did so with massale cuttings provided by David Hohnen, giving his new vines pride of place on the site’s ironstone hilltops. As it turns out, Swinney was onto something. Today these bush vines produce two remarkable and completely original wines, with a quality that can be traced directly to the unique site and Swinney’s farming philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eOnly selected fruit goes into both this and the Farvie Grenache—each vine was picked over three times with anything not deemed to be perfect declassified. The new release is a blend of 86% Grenache, 7% Mourvèdre and 7% Syrah, all hand-picked from dry-grown, established bush vines. The 2020 was fermented wild with 41% whole bunches. It spent two weeks on skins prior to maturation in 600-litre demi muids (there was no new wood here) before going to bottle, unfined and with minimal filtration.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swinney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44117755363556,"sku":"19703-750","price":42.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/9972780f-43fc-ec11-ab3d-024d026f405e_19703-750.jpeg?v=1693020132"},{"product_id":"swinney-syrah-2020","title":"Swinney Syrah 2020","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eSwinney’s 2020 Syrah was hand-harvested from a selection of parcels planted to a range of clones, including 470, Waldron clonal material and Jack Mann’s heritage massale selection of Syrah. Unlike the Grenache and Mourvèdre, the Syrah is trellised (although there are plans afoot to plant single-stake Syrah in the future).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eIn the winery, the berries were sorted and emptied to small wooden and stainless-steel fermenters via gravity. A barely noticeable 31% whole-bunch component was integrated to build structure. The 2020 spent two weeks on skins before being pressed directly to fine grained, 600-litre demi-muids (13% new) for 11 months.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swinney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44117755429092,"sku":"19705-750","price":42.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/7f1a7f16-44fc-ec11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_19705-750.jpg?v=1693020209"},{"product_id":"swinney-farvie-syrah-2020","title":"Swinney Farvie Syrah 2020","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThis is a remarkable expression of Australian Shiraz and one that puts Western Australia right back in the conversation regarding benchmarks for this variety. Where the two previous vintages were drawn exclusively from Swinney’s Powderbark vineyard, the 2020 includes one-third Syrah from Wilsons Pool, which delivered a slightly fleshier profile this year. Regardless, only a selected area of soil in both blocks is earmarked for Farvie, with the vines fostered in a way that nourishes and balances the fruit to optimum levels to allow dry farming. The vines are on a similar soil profile to the Grenache and are planted to a range of clones, including Jack Mann’s (winemaker Rob Mann’s grandfather!) heritage massale selection. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eUnlike the bush-vine Grenache and Mourvèdre, the Syrah is trellised, although there are plans to plant single-stake Syrah in the future. The vines are meticulously managed, and the fruit was sorted in both the vineyard and winery. Although Frankland River is cool-climate continental, Swinney also uses shade cloth for the Shiraz on the western side, creating a soft, mottled light to protect the skins and lower the temperature in the bunch zone. Rigorous shoot positioning and bunch selection further refine the unique expression so critical to the personality of this fruit. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eSorted berry-by-berry, Rob Mann incorporated 67% whole bunches to build structure and texture while promoting bright and spicy aromatics. Everything was gravity-fed to a French oak vat and two demi-muids for wild fermentation. The wine spent only 11 days on skins before it was basket-pressed directly to fine-grained, large-format French oak, where it was raised for 11 months before bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swinney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44117761261796,"sku":"20334-750","price":164.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/3dfcb15f-41fc-ec11-ab3d-024d026f405e_20334-750.jpg?v=1693020525"},{"product_id":"swinney-farvie-grenache-2020","title":"Swinney Farvie Grenache 2020","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eIn the late 1990’s Grenache was hardly known in Western Australia, let alone in Great Southern. But, inspired by the great wines of France and Spain—and in the belief that Grenache could do well in a region already building a reputation for high-quality Syrah—Matt Swinney ignored the experts (who said Grenache would never ripen in the cool climate of Frankland River) and planted the region’s first bush-vine Grenache vineyard. He did so with massale cuttings provided by David Hohnen, and gave his new vines pride of place on the site’s hilltops. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eToday these vines produce two remarkable and completely original Grenache-based wines, with a quality that can be traced directly to the unique site and Swinney’s farming philosophy. Indeed, so unique is the Swinney Grenache that Rob Mann, who has a considerable history with the variety, has noted that he has never seen Grenache fruit like it. At the same time, Ken Gargett in The Word of Fine Wine (Issue 74) states that “Comparisons of the [Farvie Grenache] are often made to Barolo.” Matt Swinney’s response: “I’m ok with that!””\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThis year’s release is drawn from a single pick off Swinney’s untrellised bush vines planted in 2004 in the deep, gravelly ironstone-over-clay subsoils on the Estate’s upper northeast-facing hillside crest. Each of Swinney’s Grenache vines is picked over multiple passes, with only the very best bunches from each vine—those sitting in the dappled light of the vine’s architecture—being set aside for Farvie. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eOnce in the winery, the bunches are further berry sorted, then gravity-fed to a 1600-litre French oak vat for natural fermentation, incorporating 40% whole bunches. The wine has a lower percentage of co-fermented Mourvèdre in it this year (seven per cent in 2020 compared to 14% in 2019), because, Mann says, “the Grenache was so complex this year it didn’t warrant as much Mourvèdre”. As Swinney knew it had a powerful vintage on its hands, a slight increase in whole bunches was utilised for freshness and elegance. The wine spent just 10 days on skins with no pumping over, before it was basket-pressed directly to fine-grained, large-format French oak (none new) for 11 months maturation on gross lees.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swinney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44117761294564,"sku":"20335-750","price":164.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/5edbbfe4-572a-ed11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_20335-750.jpg?v=1693020528"},{"product_id":"swinney-riesling-2022","title":"Swinney Riesling 2022","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eAs with all Swinney’s wines, attention to detail is pivotal to the quality. This dazzling riff on Frankland River Riesling is drawn from hand-selected fruit from two of Swinney’s oldest blocks in the Powderbark vineyard. Here, precise vineyard management—including the uncommon use of shade cloth to protect the grapes from the afternoon sun—is employed along with careful bunch selection to eliminate fruit with excessive sun exposure.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eIn the cellar, this wine is whole-bunch pressed, only lightly settled and fermented naturally on high solids in tank, where the temperature of the ferments can rise as high as 20 degrees. These techniques are still highly atypical in the world of Australian Riesling. This kind of practice can only work with outstanding fruit, and here it works brilliantly, creating superb texture and discrete complexity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swinney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44117767061732,"sku":"20928-750","price":39.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/88c6983b-9429-ed11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_20928-750_47330956-78a4-4a88-bf93-5569d145297e.png?v=1693020739"},{"product_id":"swinney-syrah-2021","title":"Swinney Syrah 2021","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eSwinney’s 2021 Syrah was hand-harvested from a selection of parcels planted to a range of clones, including 470, Waldron and Jack Mann’s heritage massale selection of Syrah. Unlike the Grenache and Mourvèdre, the Syrah is trellised (although there are plans afoot for some single-stake Syrah in the future). Although the Frankland River is cool-climate continental, Swinney also uses shade cloth for the Shiraz on the western side, creating a soft, mottled light to protect the skins and lower the temperature in the bunch zone. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eIn the winery, the berries were sorted and emptied into small wooden and stainless-steel fermenters via gravity. A barely noticeable 22% whole-bunch component was integrated to build structure. The 2021 spent 12 days on skins before being pressed directly to fine-grained, 600-litre demi-muids (12% new) for 11 months. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eFor Mann, 2021 was a near-perfect year for Syrah; an observation that is borne out in a sensational and deeply scented wine that effortlessly fuses power and finesse. It’s a coiled and striking wine, redolent with peppery spice, silky blue fruit and smoked meat. There’s just a touch of whole-bunch freshness, and the entire package seamlessly integrates with chalky tannins and impressive palate weight. That Swinney’s Syrah has been described by one writer as “more Hermitage than Grange” gives you a clue where the quality level is pitched. Once again, this wine’s trademark elegance, purity and power are on song—to find such quality and class at this price is a rare bird indeed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swinney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44117769191652,"sku":"21129-750","price":48.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/ff144870-9329-ed11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_21129-750_ee708acc-f850-4016-b67e-e8b08f476bc9.png?v=1693020806"},{"product_id":"swinney-grenache-2021","title":"Swinney Grenache 2021","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eIn the late 1990s Grenache was hardly known in Western Australia, let alone in the Great Southern. But, with a love of top Southern Rhône and Priorat wines, Matt Swinney had a hunch and planted the region’s first bush-vine Grenache vineyard. He did so with massale cuttings provided by David Hohnen, and gave his new vines pride of place on the site’s ironstone hilltops. As it turns out, Swinney was onto something. Today these bush vines produce two remarkable and completely original wines, with a quality that can be traced directly to the unique site and Swinney’s farming philosophy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThe 2021 fruit was hand-picked from the well-established, dry-grown bush vines on the Wilsons Pool vineyard’s rich gravel\/loam soils. Each vine was passed over three times, with anything deemed imperfect declassified. The new release is a blend of 90% Grenache, seven per cent Mourvèdre and three per cent Syrah. Fermentation was wild, with 25% whole bunches. The fruit spent two weeks on skins before pressing and then matured in large-format oak (there was no new wood here) for 11 months. It was bottled unfined and with minimal filtration. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eOver the past few years, not many Australian wines have been dissected and discussed with more excitement than Swinneys’ two game-changing Grenache bottlings. The 2021 release leads with red fruit purity and a ripple of wild herbs and spice, draped over the finest frame of ‘Swinney tannin’—the refinement of which has drawn more than one comparison to Nebbiolo. While it is finely structured (and will age beautifully), the overall balance, the waves of fruit purity and the savoury complexity mean this will delight from the get-go. Yes, comparisons can be odious, but it was hard not to reflect on the great wines of Priorat and the southern Rhône when tasting this year’s release. It is that good.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swinney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44117769257188,"sku":"21130-750","price":48.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/5596e902-9429-ed11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_21130-750_ebf3f54b-7b0a-44a3-baff-f19accc79fb4.png?v=1693020809"},{"product_id":"swinney-mourvedre-2021","title":"Swinney Mourvèdre 2021","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eBehind the scenes, the Swinney team have been brimming with enthusiasm about the evolution of their bush-vine Mourvèdre. Such was the quality being reached in the vineyard, early last year Rob Mann told us it was getting ever more difficult to dilute the Mourvèdre into the estate’s Mourvèdre Syrah Grenache bottling. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eAnd then this happened. Echoing what has been said many times about Swinney’s Grenache, we have never tasted a Mourvèdre of this depth, purity, and class from Australian shores. Swinney’s Mourvèdre is drawn from dry-grown bush vines on the Wilsons Pool vineyard’s rich gravel\/loam soil (planted in the early 2000s). Again, these vines are grown using organic principles and picked over multiple passes to ensure perfect ripeness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eThe fruit for the 2021 was hand-picked over two days to optimise flavour and tannin maturity, then berry sorted and emptied into a single stainless-steel fermenter via gravity. A well-judged 22% whole-bunch was incorporated to highlight the “distinctive ferrous qualities, fine structure and wild spice” (Mann) of the variety. This release spent 11 days on skins before being pressed to fine-grained large format French oak and was aged on lees in barrel for 11 months.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eWhat a curtain raiser! Firstly, it’s wonderfully aromatic, all perfumed lift with dark berry and savoury intensity, earthy spices and bouquet garni. The palate is pure and precise, powered by restrained yet vibrant energy. It has a beautiful shape, with plump, silky and velvety fruits balanced by refreshing acidity and elegant tannins. Elegant tannins? Southern hemisphere Mourvèdre? You heard it here first. The finish is long and full of tension, with a savoury granitic twist. It’s a restrained and enticing Mourvèdre of the highest order. In just a few years, Swinney has set a new benchmark for Grenache and Syrah in Western Australia: now, they have done the same with Mourvèdre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swinney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44117769289956,"sku":"21131-750","price":48.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/a9d1e3c3-9329-ed11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_21131-750_3906ac0f-8e54-423b-903d-9cbe0b799c52.png?v=1693020817"},{"product_id":"swinney-mourvedre-rose-2022-1500ml","title":"Swinney Mourvèdre Rosé 2022 (1500ml)","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eSwinney’s inaugural Mourvèdre rosé is drawn from dry-grown bush vines on the ironstone gravel hilltop of the Powderbark vineyard. With a focus on freshness, the fruit from these vines was picked with the potential alcohol sitting between 12.5 and 13 degrees—when the fruit is just on the approach to full maturity. The Mourvèdre was then pressed using a traditional, ultra-light Champagne cycle alongside a small percentage of bush vine Grenache and a splash of Vermentino to bring subtle complexity and reinforce the freshness. The wine is then rested on its lees for three months in neutral French oak. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swinney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44117769322724,"sku":"21139-1500","price":129.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/b2b44f99-2545-ed11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_21139-1500_9c7fa082-2325-46c4-bee6-00f97c7c303d.png?v=1693020828"},{"product_id":"swinney-mourvedre-rose-2022","title":"Swinney Mourvedre Rosé 2022","description":"\u003cp class=\"richp\"\u003eSwinney’s inaugural Mourvèdre rosé is drawn from dry-grown bush vines on the ironstone gravel hilltop of the Powderbark vineyard. With a focus on freshness, the fruit from these vines was picked with the potential alcohol sitting between 12.5 and 13 degrees—when the fruit is just on the approach to full maturity. The Mourvèdre was then pressed using a traditional, ultra-light Champagne cycle alongside a small percentage of bush vine Grenache and a splash of Vermentino to bring subtle complexity and reinforce the freshness. The wine is then rested on its lees for three months in neutral French oak. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swinney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44117769388260,"sku":"21139-750","price":65.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/268345ab-2445-ed11-ab3d-0ac90280dbea_21139-750_b22a6890-29cb-431a-be77-40c112dd1197.png?v=1693020823"},{"product_id":"swinney-franklands-cabernet-syrah-2020","title":"Swinney Franklands Cabernet Syrah 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003eAll the components for this release were dry-grown, with vertically trellised Syrah drawn from Swinney’s Powderbark block B2, and Cabernet Sauvignon drawn from the Wilson’s Pool block 401. Only a subsection of soil in both blocks was farmed and selected for this rare bottling (we have only 30 dozen). While Frankland River is cool-climate continental, Swinney also uses shade cloth for these grapes on the western side, creating a soft, mottled light to protect the skins and lower the temperature in the bunch zone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSorted berry-by-berry, Rob Mann incorporated eight per cent whole bunches in the Syrah, and both varietals were wild-fermented. The wines spent 11 days on skins before being pressed directly to three seasoned French oak barriques to complete fermentation. The two components were blended post-MLF and filled to a single, four-year-old, 600-litre demi muid for maturation. The wine spent a total of 16 months in oak before bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2020 vintage was a knockout for this grower’s wines, producing wine full of flavour and with excellent structure and density. The Cabernet brings structure and texture—a refined chassis of mouth-coating tannins, bursting with vibrant mineral-soaked red and black fruits and tonnes of energy—subsidized by the Syrah’s suppleness and generosity. Exhibiting Farvie-level quality, it is a wine of exhilarating tension and velvety texture, finishing with fantastic length and great purity. It will live, and continue to improve, for decades to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swinney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44117769421028,"sku":"21149-750","price":88.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/2746c28c-fe13-ee11-ab3d-024d026f405e_21149-750_b57ec28e-3714-4217-974c-525673076689.jpg?v=1693020799"},{"product_id":"swinney-riesling-2023","title":"Swinney Riesling 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eVintage 2023 is, in the words of Rob Mann, “really exciting”. Conditions were ideal; cool and dry, with no prolonged heat spikes. The only downside was below-average yields owing to the dry conditions. As he is wont to do, Mann finds the silver lining, telling us the reduced crop levels meant fruit clarity, freshness and acidities were preserved. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first key to understanding Swinney’s Riesling style is to appreciate the farming. All blocks are organic and dry-farmed, the vines are cane-pruned and the row orientation is north to south. The team uses shade cloth in the Riesling blocks, protecting the bunches from excessive sun exposure and avoiding any roasted character in the fruit. Such precise vineyard management goes some way to explaining the wine’s purity and transparency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second key is in the cellar, where Rob Manns’s search for structure and texture reigns supreme. The fruit (from two of Swinney’s oldest blocks in the Powderbark vineyard) is whole bunch-pressed and fermented with indigenous yeast in stainless steel with a high component of solids. This approach “builds nuance and a saline core in the wine”, according to Mann. He’s not looking for austerity, rather he is seeking something more textural and aromatic with flavour complexity and a high degree of fruit purity. In this, he’s nailed it; if you thought the 2022 was good, just wait.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swinney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44162344354020,"sku":"22456-750","price":38.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/20d3639a-3f6a-ef11-ac3d-02cd372e28bf_22456-750.png?v=1725404870"},{"product_id":"swinney-grenache-2022","title":"Swinney Grenache 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003eBack in the late 1990s Grenache was hardly known in the Great Southern. But with a love of top southern Rhône and Priorat wines, Matt Swinney had a hunch and planted the region’s first bush-vine Grenache vineyard. He did so with mass-selection cuttings from David Hohnen and gave his new vines pride of place on the Swinney site’s ironstone hilltops. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFruit for the 2022 Swinney Grenache was handpicked from the well-established, dry-grown bush vines on the Wilsons Pool vineyard’s rich gravel\/loam soils. In the vineyard, each vine was passed over multiple times, ensuring only perfect fruit was harvested. In the cellar, the fruit was destemmed and sorted berry by berry. Fermentation occurred with 15% whole bunches in a combination of small wooden fermenters and stainless-steel tanks. The wine spent two weeks on skins before being pressed to a 3600-litre seasoned French vat for 11 months’ maturation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving spent many years working towards it, Mann was delighted to finally have a large enough crop to conduct what he terms “a proper large-oak fermentation”. Combined with the dense core of flavour from the dry-grown bush vines, this practice highlights the lucidity and freshness that you find in Swinney’s Grenache fruit. Dark-fruited and spicy, with signature sinewy structure, Swinney is setting a new standard for Australian Grenache.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swinney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44162344386788,"sku":"23014-750","price":48.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/c82cab27-b855-ee11-ac3c-02c0c1c8e708_23014-750.png?v=1695006202"},{"product_id":"swinney-mencia-2022","title":"Swinney Mencía 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is just the second release of Swinney’s Mencía, and as was the case last year, we have very little. For now, there is just one row of vertically trellised Mencía vines in the north-facing part of the Powderbark vineyard, meaning Rob Mann can make just one hogshead a year. Plans are in the works for a new plot of staked vines on the highest, southeastern part of the same vineyard, but that’s a story for another day. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fruit was handpicked and gravity-fed to a single 600-litre open-top demi-muid. Mann favours 100% whole bunches for this wine, finding immense pleasure and intrigue in the resulting depth, structure, heightened spice and “almost curry leaf reduction”. And though he admits the style may be confronting, he’s resolute. Who are we to disagree? The wine spent 10 days on skins before it was pressed to an old, 300-litre French hogshead. It was then aged for 11 months before bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt’s no secret that Mann has an affinity for the high-altitude, granite-fuelled wines of northwest Spain and though similarities can be drawn, Swinney’s Mencía has an x-factor of its own. Emboldened by the warmer conditions in 2022, the wine has another level of depth and potency when compared to the 2021, which was born from a cooler year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt’s a wonderfully perfumed release, flush with berry fruits, summer florals and earthy brown spices. The palate is juicy, ripe and fleshy with perfectly pitched sweet and savoury balance carried on cranberry acidity and chalky tannins. The finish is long and quite mineral—it’s a beautifully crafted Mencía, a wine of intrigue and intellect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swinney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44162344419556,"sku":"23015-750","price":48.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/1c18c7c3-b755-ee11-ac3c-0aa7bbf44e76_23015-750.png?v=1695006206"},{"product_id":"swinney-mourvedre-2022","title":"Swinney Mourvèdre 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe positive results of Swinney’s meticulous viticulture are, perhaps, felt most strongly in the Mourvèdre. Just a few years ago, Rob Mann was utilising this fruit in Swinney’s Mourvèdre Syrah Grenache bottling. Such was the quality that it became harder and harder to dilute this fruit, and last year the team took the plunge and bottled a straight Mourvèdre. Syrah (6%) and Grenache (4%) make a reappearance in 2022, but it’s very much in a supporting role—this is still the Mourvèdre show. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSwinney’s Mourvèdre is drawn from dry-grown bush vines on the Wilsons Pool vineyard which was planted in the early 2000s and has rich gravel\/loam soils. The fruit for the 2022 was hand-picked over two days to optimise flavour and tannin maturity, then berry sorted and transferred to a single stainless-steel fermenter via gravity. A well-judged 20% whole-bunch portion was incorporated to highlight the “distinctive ferrous qualities, fine structure and wild spice” of the variety. This release spent 11 days on skins before being pressed to fine-grained, large-format French oak where it matured for 11 months.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMann finds a real synergy with Mourvèdre in a cool region and a warm season. Working with the conditions, he picked earlier than the previous year, preserving freshness, vibrancy and mid-weight appeal. According to Mann, Swinney’s Mourvèdre is the wine that best expresses the site’s signature ferrous, rusty nail character; a trait this winemaker values and pursues in all his reds. The fruit shows beautiful white pepper spice, a wild edge, savoury depth and textural richness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swinney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44162344452324,"sku":"23016-750","price":48.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/5acfdbfc-b755-ee11-ac3c-02c0c1c8e708_23016-750.png?v=1695006209"},{"product_id":"swinney-syrah-2022","title":"Swinney Syrah 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver the years, Rob Mann has been steadily increasing his use of whole bunch in his red wines. This is especially true for his Syrah. By now you will know that this is a vigneron that seeks freshness, spice and structure in his reds—features he finds heightened in Syrah through careful use of whole bunches. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSwinney’s 2022 Syrah was hand-harvested from select parcels planted to a range of clones, including 470, Waldron and Jack Mann’s heritage mass-selection Syrah. Unlike the Grenache and Mourvèdre, the Syrah is trellised—although there are plans afoot for some single-stake Syrah in the future. In the warmer conditions of 2022, Swinney’s shade cloth played a pivotal role, creating soft, mottled light to protect the skins and lower the temperature in the bunch zone as well as preserving freshness, spice and varietal and regional typicity in the fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the winery, the berries were sorted and emptied into small wooden and stainless-steel fermenters via gravity. A well-integrated 28% whole-bunch component was included to build structure and texture, providing a robust frame for the lustrous Shiraz fruit. The 2022 spent 12 days on skins before being pressed directly to fine-grained, 600-litre demi-muids (7% new) for 11 months.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swinney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44162344517860,"sku":"23017-750","price":48.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/351c0ddd-b755-ee11-ac3c-02c0c1c8e708_23017-750.png?v=1695006214"},{"product_id":"swinney-mourvedre-rose-2023","title":"Swinney Mourvèdre Rosé 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow do you follow a wine described by Erin Larkin as “one of Australia’s greatest rosés”; by Huon Hooke as “a super-serious rosé of character and intent”, and by Decanter as a rosé of “complexity and restraint”? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor sure, the pressure was on for Rob Mann to back up last year’s inaugural release. And deliver he has. From a year that Mann describes as stellar, this year’s release holds all the poise, complexity and detail of the 2022—and then some. The season’s cool, fresh, vibrant signature is writ large, bringing balance to a tick-up in weight, texture and savoury nuance. There’s a lot of wine in the glass—it’s potent, punchy and lightly spiced—yet also a great deal of finesse and structure, and like the great Rosé wines of France, it will shine all the brighter with food (and even a little bottle age). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis year's blend is Mourvèdre (86%), Grenache (10%) and, as per last year, a refreshing splash of Vermentino (4%). The lion’s share is drawn from dry-grown bush vines on the Powderbark vineyard’s ironstone gravel hilltop. With a focus on freshness, the fruit from these vines was picked with the potential alcohol sitting between 12.5 and 13 degrees—when the fruit is on the cusp of full maturity. The Mourvèdre was then pressed using a traditional, ultra-light Champagne cycle alongside a small percentage of bush-vine Grenache and a splash of Vermentino to bring subtle complexity and reinforce the freshness. The wine then rested on its lees for three months in neutral French oak. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swinney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44270100152548,"sku":"23970-750","price":65.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/e5ffe290-91a5-ee11-ac3e-02c0c1c8e708_23970-750.png?v=1703801398"},{"product_id":"swinney-mourvedre-rose-2023-1500ml","title":"Swinney Mourvèdre Rosé 2023 (1500ml)","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow do you follow a wine described by Erin Larkin as “one of Australia’s greatest rosés”; by Huon Hooke as “a super-serious rosé of character and intent”, and by Decanter as a rosé of “complexity and restraint”? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor sure, the pressure was on for Rob Mann to back up last year’s inaugural release. And deliver he has. From a year that Mann describes as stellar, this year’s release holds all the poise, complexity and detail of the 2022—and then some. The season’s cool, fresh, vibrant signature is writ large, bringing balance to a tick-up in weight, texture and savoury nuance. There’s a lot of wine in the glass—it’s potent, punchy and lightly spiced—yet also a great deal of finesse and structure, and like the great Rosé wines of France, it will shine all the brighter with food (and even a little bottle age). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis year's blend is Mourvèdre (86%), Grenache (10%) and, as per last year, a refreshing splash of Vermentino (4%). The lion’s share is drawn from dry-grown bush vines on the Powderbark vineyard’s ironstone gravel hilltop. With a focus on freshness, the fruit from these vines was picked with the potential alcohol sitting between 12.5 and 13 degrees—when the fruit is on the cusp of full maturity. The Mourvèdre was then pressed using a traditional, ultra-light Champagne cycle alongside a small percentage of bush-vine Grenache and a splash of Vermentino to bring subtle complexity and reinforce the freshness. The wine then rested on its lees for three months in neutral French oak. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“On the notes - fresh fruit characters of strawberry and rose water combine with subtle complexity, including beeswax, Szechuan pepper and oyster shell. Textural and full-flavoured on the palate, yet finely balanced with a mix of rhubarb and pomegranate combined with fresh curd.  The finish is soft with refreshing pithy acidity and a bone-dry, briny finish.” Rob Mann, Winemaker\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swinney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44273600921828,"sku":"23970-1500","price":129.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/d3d8c182-1279-ee11-ac3d-0aa7bbf44e76_23970-1500.png?v=1698890648"},{"product_id":"swinney-farvie-syrah-2021","title":"Swinney Farvie Syrah 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Farvie is a remarkable expression of Australian Shiraz and puts Western Australia back in the conversation regarding benchmarks for this variety. Only a selected area of soil in both the Wilson’s Pool and Powderbark blocks is earmarked for the Farvie Syrah, with the vines fostered in a way that nourishes and balances the fruit to optimum levels allowing for dry farming. Unlike the Swinney label—which is drawn from a range of clones and massale selections—the Farvie parcels are home only to a range of massale-grown vines, including Jack Mann’s Houghton massale selection. In case you didn’t know, Jack Mann was winemaker Rob Mann’s grandfather. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnlike the bush-vine Grenache and Mourvèdre, the Syrah is trellised, although there are plans to plant single-stake Syrah in the future. The vines are meticulously managed, and the fruit is sorted in the vineyard and winery. Although Frankland River is cool-climate continental, Swinney also uses shade cloth for the Shiraz on the western side, creating a soft, mottled light to protect the skins and lower the temperature in the bunch zone. The wines made from this western pick present darker colours, lower alcohols and more perfume, alongside extra freshness and vibrant fruit character. Rigorous shoot positioning and bunch selection further refine the unique expression so critical to the personality of this fruit. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePicked twice—on the 24th and the 30th of March—and sorted berry-by-berry in the winery, this year Rob Mann incorporated 58% whole bunches to promote ethereal structure and a lightness of texture while also encouraging the bright and spicy aromatics. Everything was gravity-fed to a French oak vat and two demi-muids for wild fermentation. The wine spent only 12 days on skins before being basket-pressed directly to fine-grained, large-format, seasoned French oak, where it rested for 11 months before bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMultiple critics have heralded the Farvie Syrah as the best of the best in Western Australia. Yet the quality of this label tells us Swinney’s ambitions aim further afield than the Indian Ocean to the west and the Nullarbor Plain to the east. They believe they have the site and the practice to rival the world’s most unique and authentic expressions of Syrah. A lofty goal indeed, but one Swinney is well on the way to achieving. Perhaps they already have. From a dream year for Frankland Syrah, it’s a wine with all the purity, depth and perfume we have come to expect from a Farvie Syrah, and then perhaps a little more; here, there is a fineness, intricacy and detail, not quite so apparent in the warmer and dryer years. 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He did so with mass-selection cuttings provided by David Hohnen and gave his new vines pride of place on the site’s hilltops. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTake a walk through Swinney’s untrellised Grenache bush vines, and things change about halfway down the block planted in 2004 on the estate’s upper northeast-facing hillside crest. The soil gets leaner and shallower, with more gravel and a higher clay content. “That’s Farvie,” says Rob Mann. This fruit is different, too; it is more ferrous and mineral with fine, velvety tannins and so much complexity. Vines are picked over multiple passes, with only the best bunches from each vine—those sitting in the dappled light of the vine’s architecture—set aside for Farvie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce in the winery, the bunches are berry sorted, then gravity-fed to French oak for natural fermentation, incorporating 28% whole bunches. With Mourvèdre now a mainstay in the Farvie range in its own right, its inclusion in this wine has steadily decreased each year. This year, just 4% of Mourvèdre co-fermented with the Grenache (compared to 7% in 2020 and 14% in 2019). The wine spent 11 days on skins before being pressed to large, fine-grained, seasoned French oak vessels, where it matured for 11 months.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swinney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44829044703460,"sku":"24321-750","price":150.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/2374937f-2fd1-ee11-ac40-0aa7bbf44e76_24321-750.png?v=1712110098"},{"product_id":"swinney-farvie-syrah-2022","title":"Swinney Farvie Syrah 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003eFarvie gives a remarkable expression of Australian Shiraz and puts Western Australia back in the conversation regarding benchmarks for this variety. 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The wine spent only 12 days on skins before being basket-pressed directly to large, fine-grained, seasoned French oak, where it rested for 14 months before bottling. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMann fosters the Farvie plot’s innate savoury, ironstone and ferrous character, pushing it to take a lead role in the wine. Importantly, no new oak is used in the Farvie Syrah. “By using no new oak, you have to think a bit harder about how to build complexity, structure and perfume in Syrah,” explains Mann. “We build that complexity through viticulture, through bunches and time on lees. 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Meticulous fruit-thinning and selective hand-harvesting over multiple passes ensured Swinney achieved fruit as close to perfect as possible. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLast year’s release fermented entirely as whole bunches. This year, the bunches and berries were smaller, requiring Mann to tweak the percentage (66%) to achieve the perfect balance. According to Mann, the Farvie Mourvèdre loves bunches: “It helps to balance the wildness, gaminess and rustiness of the fruit while accentuating the spice element of the wine.” Regarding the process, the wine spent 11 days on skins before being pressed to large, fine-grained, seasoned French oak vessels, where it matured for 11 months.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs if last year’s wine didn’t set the bar high enough! “It might be my favourite wine I’ve ever made from Swinney,” says Rob Mann. “It’s so pretty; there’s a lovely natural balance and vitality that’s sometimes hard to capture. 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The fruit (from two of Swinney’s oldest blocks in Powderbark Vineyard) is pressed as bunches and ferments naturally in stainless steel with a high solids component. This “builds nuance and a saline core in the wine”, according to Mann. The wine then rests on lees in tank to preserve freshness and build texture before bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVintage 2024 came early. It was one of the hottest, driest years on record, so Swinney’s meticulous farming methods were more critical than ever in ensuring pristine Riesling fruit made it to Rob Mann in the cellar. 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Matt’s hunch has since proved correct, and Swinney is now setting a new standard for Australian Grenache.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 2023 Swinney Grenache was picked by hand from the well-established, dry-grown bush vines on the Wilsons Pool vineyard’s rich gravel\/loam soils. Each vine was passed over multiple times to harvest perfect fruit. The bunches were destemmed and sorted berry by berry. Fermentation occurred with 20% bunches―bolstering the structural frame to balance the intensely aromatic, flavourful fruit―in a combination of small wooden fermenters and stainless-steel tanks. The wine spent two weeks on skins before being pressed to large (3600-litre), seasoned French wood for 11 months’ maturation. Swinney’s signature combination of dense flavour core―from the dry-grown bush vines―and lucid red and blue fruit freshness is writ large over the 2023. 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Bunches were bumped up a touch this year—a well-judged 30% highlighting the variety’s “distinctive ferrous qualities, fine structure and wild spice”. It spent 11 days on skins before being pressed to fine-grained large-format French oak, where it matured for 11 months.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMann says Swinney’s Mourvèdre is the wine that most clearly expresses the site’s signature ferrous, rusty nail character. Violet, lavender, and blue\/blackberries provide the lift, with salumi, pepper, and gravel tugging below. 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Combined with the estate’s use of shade cloth to shield the fruit from the harsh afternoon rays, this helps build layers of structural complexity in the final wine. The cloth also creates soft, mottled light, lowers the temperature in the bunch zone and preserves freshness, spice and typicity (varietal and regional) in the fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe berries were sorted into small wooden and stainless-steel fermenters via gravity. A well-integrated 22% bunch component was included to build structure and texture, providing a robust frame for the lustrous fruit. The 2023 spent 12 days on skins before being pressed directly to 600-litre fine-grained demi-muids (7% new) for 11 months. Purple flowers and ripe forest fruits are underlaid with black olive, hung meat and graphite. The palate is peppery, bloody and juicy, with a sense of coiled power. 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This fruit is different, too; it is more ferrous and mineral with fine, velvety tannins and so much complexity. Vines are picked over multiple passes, with only the best bunches from each vine—those sitting in the dappled light of the vine’s architecture—set aside for Farvie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe bunches are berry sorted, then gravity-fed to French oak for natural fermentation, incorporating 30% bunches. Small bunches and berries in 2023 resulted in fruit of intense colour and concentration, so this year, the wine is 100% Grenache (previous releases have included small amounts of Mourvèdre). The wine spent 11 days on skins before being pressed to large, fine-grained, seasoned French oak vessels, where it matured for 10 months. Rob Mann was happily surprised with the depth of colour in this year’s release: “The bunches were loose, and the berries were small in 2023, so the colour is this amazing deep purple. 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The fruit was sorted berry by berry in the winery, and again, in response to the cooler conditions, the bunch component was kept at a well-judged 55% (warmer years have seen up to 65% inclusion), to highlight the wine’s lightness of texture while also encouraging bright, spicy aromatics. Everything was gravity-fed to a French oak vat and demi-muids for wild fermentation. The wine spent 15 days on skins before being pressed to large, fine-grained, seasoned French oak, where it rested for 10 months before bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMann fosters the Farvie plot’s innate savoury, ironstone and ferrous character, pushing it to take a lead role in the wine. 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It’s crafted from a draconian selection of dry-grown bush-vine bunches on the same kidney-shaped patch of dirt as the vines for the Farvie Grenache in the Wilson’s Pool Vineyard. The vines here face northeast on leaner topsoil and with a higher percentage of coarse lateritic gravel; the roots have now made it down into the clay beneath. Meticulous fruit-thinning and selective hand-harvesting over multiple passes ensures Swinney achieves fruit that is as close to perfect as possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs was the case in 2022, bunches and berries were small, requiring a moderation in the use of whole bunches in the ferment. Where this wine can sometimes be 100%, the proportion was a well-integrated 66% this year. 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Erin Larkin does not overstate the significance of Swinney’s wine, writing, “the Grenache, particularly, is a tremendously important wine not only in the context of this vineyard but of the Great Southern Region and, indeed, on a national level, for Australia.” Meanwhile, Max Allen has noted that, “the [Swinney] grenache, in particular, tastes like no other Australian example of this variety and will change perceptions of the Frankland region...”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach year, the Swinney Grenache is picked by hand from the well-established, dry-grown bush vines on the Wilsons Pool vineyard’s rich gravel\/loam soils. Each vine was passed over multiple times to harvest only perfectly ripe fruit. The bunches were then destemmed and sorted berry by berry. This year, Rob Mann worked with 40% bunches—bolstering the structural frame to balance the intensely aromatic, flavourful fruit—in a combination of small wooden fermenters and stainless-steel tanks. The wine spent two weeks on skins before being pressed to large (3600-litre), seasoned French wood for 11 months’ maturation. Sitting pretty in the red-fruited spectrum, Mann notes that the warmer conditions of 2024 were ideal for the Grenache, which, despite the conditions, recorded higher acidity than in any preceding vintage. That freshness has brought bags of clarity and energy to another unflinching Swinney Grenache.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Swinney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46729019031780,"sku":"25519-750","price":48.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/2575\/3828\/files\/7986d243-8c84-f011-ac46-02954333b573_25519-750.png?v=1757559892"},{"product_id":"swinney-mourvedre-2024","title":"Swinney Mourvèdre 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eEchoing what has been said many times about Swinney’s Grenache, it is rare to find a Mourvèdre of this purity and distinction from Australian shores. 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Unlike the Grenache and Mourvèdre, the Syrah is trellised—although there are plans afoot for some single-stake Syrah. The sites are planted to various clones, including 470, Waldron and Jack Mann’s heritage mass-selection Syrah. Each clone gives a different bunch structure. Combined with the Estate’s use of shade cloth to shield the fruit from the harsh afternoon rays, this helps build layers of structural complexity in the final wine. The cloth also creates soft, mottled light, lowers the temperature in the bunch zone, and preserves freshness, spice and typicity (varietal and regional) in the fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs always, the quality is in the details: berries were hand-sorted into small wooden and stainless-steel fermenters via gravity, and the wine includes 22% whole bunches to maintain freshness while providing a robust frame for the lustrous fruit. The 2024 spent 11 days on skins before being pressed directly to 600-litre fine-grained demi-muids. 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Mourvèdre calls the shots in the 2024 rosé to the tune of 86% of the blend. Vermentino plays a key cameo to bring racy freshness, while Grenache adds a dash of cherry-fruited flesh. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost of the fruit is drawn from dry-grown bush vines on Powderbark Vineyard’s ironstone gravel hilltop. With a focus on freshness, the fruit from these vines was picked on the cusp of full maturity. The Mourvèdre was then pressed as bunches using a traditional, ultra-light Champagne cycle along with a small percentage of Vermentino for its freshening acid streak and a splash of flesh-giving Cinsault. 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