Frankland Estate Shiraz vendor_Pizzini

Frankland Estate Shiraz vendor_PizziniProducer Judi Cullum and Barrie Smith planted vines in their Isolation Ridge vineyard in 1988 with a simple goal: to leave the land in better shape than when they found it and produce some outstanding wines along the way. They have been certified organic since 2009 and continue to work with the land to create biodiversity. Their children, Elizebeth and Hunter Smith, now run production, with Brian Kent as their winemaker since 2010. The vision remains

one of the best sites in McLaren Vale

It took me one smell

juicy acidity with a blood orange tang

he worked as assistant winemaker at Bannockburn Vineyards and then as head winemaker at Clyde Park

"There's plenty of joy in this wine

approximately two weeks on skins

Fate or history decreed that the Bera property would finish a tantalizing 400 metres just outside the Barbaresco zone

with beautiful mid-palate fruit sweetness combined with savoury attributes and fine-grained tannin

This wine is soft and youthful and would pair beautifully with some salumi

some of the vines being untrellised bush vines

"The 2019 Ch‰teauneuf Du Pape Pure is the standard 100% Grenache

and the winemaking is simple and hands-off