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Description
The Farvie Grenache represents the very finest expression possible of Grenache from the Swinney vineyard in Frankland River.
Named after George (Farvie) John Alexander Swinney who settled in the Frankland area in 1922, there is no time or expense spared in crafting this cuveé.
The finest parts of the vineyard have been identified over the last 20+ years, with those portions being hand-picked over multiple passes for this wine. Only the best bunches make the cut. Only the finest large format oak.
It's a wine that has thrown a cat amongst the pigeons of Australia's wine media. Since its debut release, it has quickly risen to the top echelon of Australian Grenache.
99 points
“A remarkable grenache that captures much of the wine-making and viticultural philosophy with this wine sourced from the bush vine Wilson’s Pool vineyard... A wine of a touch of brash youthfulness and serious intensity.”
- Ray Jordan (businessnews.com.au)
98+ points
"Levity, grace, and intense pure fruit with raspberry, strawberry, and blood plum notes. Pliable, savory tannins provide seamless structure and length. The best Grenache yet under the Farvie label."
- Erin Larkin (The Wine Advocate)
98 points
“Pure and deeply layered. A fragrant fleshiness up front, a plushness to the mid-palate with exquisite gravelly tannins pushing through velvet sheaths to shape the wine and lengthen the finish.”
- Nick Ryan (The Weekend Australian)
96 points
“A serious grenache that delivers more depth and woody spice than the ‘estate’ stablemate, though not without the vineyard stamp of game meat savouriness, violet floral lift, sweet spices, ferrous grunt and depth of cherry and berry fruitiness... It’s curiously refreshing and inky in the same frame. Stellar, is the byword.”
- Mike Bennie (The Wine Companion)
19.5/20 points
“This is one of the most impressive Farvie Grenaches to date, and it continues a run of wines that defies comprehension.”
- Matthew Jukes (matthewjukes.com)
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