Tasting Notes

Ripe plums with a floral lift, dense, gamey, bravo apple ironstone ferrous characters with hints of toast and char. The palate is rich and meaty with lovely textural earthy tannins typical of the varietal and the Isolation Ridge vineyard. It is an indicative expression of this variety.

Ratings

91 Points, Huon Hooke, The Real Review.

Awards

96 points. Ned Goodwin MW, Halliday Wine Companion 2021

Vineyard Notes

Fruit for this wine was sourced from the Isolation Ridge vineyard at Frankland Estate. The vineyard is planted on undulating northern and eastern facing slopes and has duplex soils of ironstone gravel and loam over a clay sub soil. The Isolation Ridge Vineyard is managed under organic certification (ACO certified organic since 2009), a sustainable practice that maximises the unique characteristics of the Isolation Ridge Vineyard to be expressed in this wine.

Winemaker Notes

A small block of Mourvèdre vines are tendered through the season with the fruit being harvested very late in the season on the 2nd May 2018. Shallow open pot fermenters allow gentle fermentation and handling whilst maintaining the pristine fruit plushness. The wine spends 14 months in 500L French oak puncheons before bottling. A fine example of an outstanding vintage in Frankland River, Approachable now the structure and finesse will reward long term cellaring.

Other Notes

Certified Organic, Vegan Friendly

--------THE PRODUCER--------

Frankland Estate

Buried deep in the heart of Western Australia’s most isolated wine region, Frankland Estate is as much apart of its natural landscape as it is a winery.

Located 250km east of Margaret River and inland from the wild and picturesque Great Southern coastline, we take our role as custodians of our land very seriously. We have invested a lot of time and energy into minimising our impact on the ecological balance of the region, nuturing the micro-biology of our soils and supporting causes to improve the health and future prosperity of our local fauna and flora.

Today Frankland Estate is a tight-knit family affair. Our children Elizabeth and Hunter and their small families live on the property and we all work together with a small, yet hardworking and enthusiastic team to produce distinctive and flavoursome wines.

Before founding the estate in 1988, we embarked on a tour of French vineyards, and worked two vintages at Bordeaux’s renowned Chateau Senejac, in the Haut-Medoc region. Armed with a wealth of knowledge from our French experience and a shared passion for wine, we decided to diversify our farming interests from wool growing to wine by establishing vineyards on Isolation Ridge, a very special location on our property, which has shown all the hallmarks of a great vineyard we came to know through our travels and our viticultural studies.

Our appreciation for the environment in which we work ensures our wines and our vineyards continue to grow with our land in accordance to the cycles of nature.

This approach includes organic viticulture, carefully nurturing the health of the soils in our vineyard, and only taking from our land as much as can be later replaced by natural processes. Our passion for sustainable farming was recognised in 2009, when we were awarded on organic certification.

"Our appreciation for the environment in which we work ensures our wines and our vineyards continue to grow with our land in accordance to the cycles of nature."

Our commitment to sustainable farming is what informs our winemaking practices. We have learned many hard-lessons and honed our skills over 29 vintages on our home vineyards. The consistency of depth, complexity and intensity of flavour in our wines has reinforced our belief in this approach, and amplified our respect for our extraordinary natural environment.

The Frankland River region in South Western Australia is a truly magical part of our state and nation, and it holds a very special place in our hearts. We are extremely proud of how we work in harmony with our environment and the natural elements, to create exceptional wines which express our remarkable sense of place.

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Mourvedre

Mourvedre is also known as Monastrel (in Spain) and Mataro (Australia and USA).

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