2024 Thousand Fires

A textural triumph, this is a blend of organically grown Chenin Blanc (90%) and Sauvignon Blanc (10%). The Chenin fruit is from Lulu Lutz’s vineyard in Blewitt Springs, a site rich in white sands over clay and schist. These east-facing vines have been managed organically for nine of their 17 years. The Sauvignon fruit is from an elevated site (380 metres) in Peter’s Creek, McLaren Vale. The 22-year-old vines face north and stand in clay, quartz and ironstone. The Chenin fruit is destemmed an...Read More...

A textural triumph, this is a blend of organically grown Chenin Blanc (90%) and Sauvignon Blanc (10%). The Chenin fruit is from Lulu Lutz’s vineyard in Blewitt Springs, a site rich in white sands over clay and schist. These east-facing vines have been managed organically for nine of their 17 years. The Sauvignon fruit is from an elevated site (380 metres) in Peter’s Creek, McLaren Vale. The 22-year-old vines face north and stand in clay, quartz and ironstone. The Chenin fruit is destemmed and sits on skins for one day before pressing to a mix of steel and old wood vessels for fermentation. The Sauvignon component was destemmed to amphora and left on skins for 10 months. 

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