93 points
“Springton & Flaxmans Valley blend 800 bottle produced. Blackberry, blackcurrant, blueberry, sage and English marmite character with semi-dried floral blooms. Medium in weight, unforced vibe, delivering layers of juicy fruit with notes ouramiac& hazelnut richness. Palate shows chicory and has some bitter aftertaste, which is a lovely thing for me! “It’s natty, but good natty”.
– Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
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Winemaking
Eden Valley, Spington 1960’s plantings and Angaston 1980’s planting co – fermented with a percent of Viognier and Roussane. Whole bunch and de – stemmed fruit fermented in a single open fermenter. Basket pressed to at two beume’ to a new six hundred litre L’Hermitage Troconais and second fill five hundred litre Radoux pungeon. Aged on lees sans sulfur for eighteen months before bottling with minimal sulfur.