James Halliday: 94 (2013)
Hand-picked, whole bunch-pressed and 100% barrel-fermented (1/3 wild) in French barriques (10% new); lees-stirred during 9 months maturation, no mlf allowed. This is the sort of treatment one would expect from a wine twice this price, and the palate justifies every move - except the price - for a totally delicious mouthful of white peach, grapefruit and cashew. Ridiculously good value.

From the Winery:
40% of the fruit from the blend was estate grown in the Wallcliffe subregion of Margaret River, with the remaining 60% sourced from mature Margaret River vineyards.

The 2013 vintage was a relatively wet and windy spring which affected flowering and fruit set, with the resulting yields slightly lower than normal. The growing season which followed was warm and dry with sometimes hot conditions around Christmas. Abundant Marri blossom kept bird pressure low early on, although vineyard teams were kept on their toes deterring birds late in the season. The warmer weather in the lead up to harvest saw flavour ripening accelerate with fruit retaining natural acidity and wonderful fresh aromatics.

Natural fermentation was encouraged on approximately a third of the blend, in order to introduce complexity and personality into the wine. All of the individual batches which make up the blend were lees stirred throughout a nine-month oak maturation period, without any malolactic fermentation; gaining texture throughout the year.