Swinney Farvie Grenache 2022 cristom with pronounced minerality and notes

with pronounced minerality and notes of vanilla and brioche from barrel-ageing

The Vieille Vigne du Levant 2013 cuvée from Maison Larmandier-Bernier is a Blanc de Blancs champagne with great freshness and magnificent balance

leather and warm baking spice that round out the nose

The Isole e Olena 2023 Chardonnay is softly textured and rich with cooked apricot

On the palate this wine shows a lovely acid backbone and nice texture from its work on lees in barrel

Swinney Farvie Grenache 2022 cristom with pronounced minerality and notesIn the late 1990s, Grenache was hardly known in Western Australia, let alone in Great Southern. But, inspired by the great wines of France and Spainand believing that Grenache could do well in a region already building a reputation for high quality SyrahMatt Swinney ignored the experts (who said Grenache would never ripen in the cool climate of Frankland River) and planted the regions first bush vine Grenache vineyard. He did so with mass selection