Swinney Mourvèdre Syrah Grenache 2021 (6 Bottles) Frankland River

by Fine Wine Cellars

$255.00 GST Included

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46% Mourvèdre, 29% Syrah, 21% Grenache, 4% Mencía. This blend was a showstopper last year, and 2020 offers more of the same. Grenache has taken the early plaudits, yet the Swinney team are equally enthusiastic about their Mourvèdre. Indeed, Mann notes that Mourvèdre’s ascendancy will likely continue in future years—this year’s slice already accounts for almost half the blend. The Mourvèdre, like the Grenache is from bush vines and the Syrah from vertically trellised vines—all from iron-rich gravelly loam soils. This year there’s also a splash of Mencía, which we hear is showing great promise in the vineyard.

In the vines, careful canopy management, fruit thinning and selective hand-harvesting over multiple passes are all par for the course. The fruit was fermented with 54% whole bunches and the wines spent up to two weeks on skins prior to being pressed directly to fine grained, large format, French oak (8% new) where they were aged on lees for 11 months before bottling.

Another beautifully weighted release, Rob Mann has coalesced the dark fruits and earthy notes of the Mourvèdre with more delicate strawberry top-notes of the Grenache. There’s a disarming perfume, which belies a chiselled yet dense palate of blackberry and blueberry, bay leaf, mocha and a hint of strawberry. Subtle charcuterie notes lead to a long and spicy finish, and the whole is driven by an energy and freshness you don’t often see in domestic Rhône blends (or many French ones for that matter!) A winner on its own or with some barbecued wagyu—and so very well priced.

“Around half is whole bunch, all of it is wild fermented, there’s a splash of Mencía in the mix (would love to see a 2020 single variety Mencía off this site!). It’s been a cracker in the past, here’s the new release. Blackcurrant jelly, graphite, old leather, woody spice abound in perfume. Flavours roll a similar way, more blueberry than blackcurrant though, juiciness chiselled into by ribs of mineral-charged tannin, some sooty spice and tobacco characters lending savouriness. Medium weight, tannin-shaped, long, firm, dusty, savoury. Such a great drink here with charisma, texture, tension, and energy in spades. Serious stuff!” 94 Points, Mike Bennie, The Wine Front

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In March 2021, the Swinney vineyard was named Vineyard of the Year in the inaugural Young Gun of Wine Vineyard of the Year Awards. “The scale of the vineyard, coupled with their pinpoint focus and pursuit of innovation, and the quality of the resulting wines, is truly extraordinary and inspiring”, the judges said. It’s the Farvie wines below that are at the vanguard of this project.

George John Alexander Swinney was a pioneer of the Frankland River Region. Guided by the Swinney family motto, Quo Fata Vocant—Whither the Fates Call—George settled at ‘Franklands’ in 1922. Located on the banks of the Frankland River, the property features gently undulating hills, dominated by jarrah and redgum trees growing upon ironstone gravel and loam soils. This is where our story begins.

Fate is a funny thing. A perhaps spurious concept for some
 – but for us, a family motto.

Ours is a story that began over one hundred years ago, when George ‘Farvie’ Swinney sailed from England and put down roots in Australia, eventually finding his dream property in ‘Franklands’.

A large grazing property on the banks of the River, George and his beloved wife Mary made this place their home, setting the course for generations to come. And with each generation a new chapter begins. Because with every new custodian of his legacy comes a renewed ambition—to build on Farvie’s story and create something of lasting value.

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