Swinney Farvie Mourvedre 2024

Swinney Farvie Mourvèdre is a whole-bunch fermented Mourvèdre from Frankland River, at 13.6% alcohol.

Whole bunches went in at 100 per cent this vintage, which is where this style sits most comfortably, since Rob Mann finds stem inclusion balances the variety's wildness and rusty character while pushing the spice forward. The fruit comes off the identical kidney-shaped parcel that grows the Farvie Grenache in Wilson's Pool, northeast-facing, on thinner topsoil with a heavier load of coarse lateritic gravel and roots that have found the clay beneath. Thinning and selective hand picking over several passes narrow the crop down hard. Fourteen days on skins followed, then 11 months in large, fine-grained seasoned French oak.

A full whole-bunch ferment shows in the perfume: violets, star anise, blueberry and a ferrous, gravelly undertow. The tannin is fine, the alcohol modest, the length considerable. Serve at 16 degrees with roast lamb, duck confit or a Provençal beef daube.

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