Isolation Ridge Mourvedre

This wine comes from the oldest plantings of Mourvèdre in Frankland River, planted in 2004. In the early years, we used it mainly as a blending addition for Shiraz. But for the past handful of years, the vines have produced the exciting flavours and intensity that make them worthy of the Isolation Ridge name. 

The attractive medium ruby colour presages an invitingly red-tinged impression on the nose: Nebbiolo-like aromas of roses, pippy raspberry, red cherry, orange peel and clean terracotta. Then there are the more typical Mourvèdre and Isolation Ridge signatures: salumi, blueberry, cumin and a ferrous edge. The palate is medium- bodied with superb composition and an even break; fresh-fruited, juicy and channelled with the flecks of exotic flavours that the site brings out in this variety. Again, it’s hard to ignore the delightful surprise of Piedmont echoes with plenty of spicy, rusty-iron terracotta tannin, meshed and constant, allied to ripe acidity that carries buoyant flavours long through the finish.

- FRANKLAND ESTATE