The 2017 Blue Monday is all about the vineyard. The Frankland vineyard grows untrellised bush vines on top of a lateritic ridge top – with isolation as far as the eye can see. This is the first wine we have sourced from Frankland, the best red grape growing region in Australia. The combination of low vigour soils, low rainfall, inspired vineyard aspect and management makes this a very exciting prospect.

As mentioned this is sourced from bush vines planted in the late 2000’s; four canes are latticed into a “crown” above the vine. All management is by hand and involves several passes to adjust shoots, leaves and bunches, as well as the picking.

The 2017 season started well in the spring with a great set and bunch fruitfulness leading to solid crop loads. Disciplined shoot and bunch removal allowed great ripening during an inconsistent summer. Several rain events put disease pressure on; but great dry weather in late March and April turned the 2018 vintage on its head.

Each variety was fermented separately using wild yeast in 2T open top fermenters. No acid adjustments or tannins were added, but whole bunches were included in the Grenache (25%) and the Shiraz (20%) and the Mourvedre (15%). Each parcel was matured separately in 1 new and 5 older 500L puncheons. Bottled in January 2018.

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