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"Sometimes it can be hard to find a word to match what seems so clear to the senses. The nose is dark, as is the colour, beguiling, but restrained. There is a stature to the palate here; a sort of authority to the way it stands back and allows you to explore its detail. A definite sprig of herbs, chocolate notes, but still so transparent that every nuance is revealed. It seems extraordinary that this is just the second time we’ve made MacMuir as a single vineyard release: it’s Felton Road, to be sure, but in a different dimension.
The unique gravity flow winery enabled the grapes to be gently destemmed directly into open-top fermenters without pumping, retaining 25% as whole clusters. Traditional fermentation with a moderately long maceration on skins has extracted good colour and tannin with considerable depth of flavour. This wine was aged for 13 months in 25% new French oak barrels from artisan Burgundian coopers. In accordance with our non-interventionalist approach to winemaking, this wine was fermented with indigenous yeast and malolactic, and was not fined or filtered."
5 Stars Michael Cooper (2022 Vintage)
"The second, 2022 vintage was hand-harvested in the MacMuir Vineyard – 1 kilometre east of Elms Vineyard – and matured for 13 months in French oak barrels (25 per cent new). Bottled unfined and unfiltered, it has deep, youthful colour. A distinctive red, powerful, sturdy and weighty, it is concentrated and vibrant, with very ripe cherry, plum and spice flavours, good tannin backbone, and obvious potential for long-term cellaring. Best drinking 2027+."
94/100 Gary Walsh, The Wine Front, September 2023 (2022 Vintage)
"A deep, dark, brooding affair with bitter dark chocolate, a roast lamb with thyme sort of thing, and also something of an ironstone character. It’s firm and dense, plenty of chamois-like tannin, a distinct ‘mineral’ taste, which I really like, some amaro tang, and a rugged finish of very good length, featuring cherry liqueur (I’m thinking Ginjinha) with some orange zest bitterness. It’s distinctive and individual."
Reviews for the 2021 vintage below…
Rated Outstanding & 97/100 Cameron Douglas MS, October 2022 (2021 Vintage)
"After the primary scents of pinosity and seductive charms a sense of power, ripeness and youth prevails. Aromas of darker red berry fruits are mixed with soil and barrel spice scents, the synergy and complexities from fruit and site speaks volumes with a light smoky clay soil and raspberry plum aromas. Youthful, taut, ripe and new textures and flavours, medium+ acidity and core pinosity fruits that mirror the bouquet. Lengthy, complex and ready to lay in your wine cellar. Best drinking from 2026 through 2036+."
5 Stars & 96/100 Bob Campbell MW, The Real Review, August 2022 (2021 Vintage)
"It’s an intense wine with a complex mix of fruit, floral and savoury flavours including violet, dark cherry, and chocolate/mocha. A richly textured red with a backbone of sweet, ripe tannins that linger long after the wine has been swallowed. High alcohol (14.5%) but the wine can certainly handle it. Collectors and investors please note: this is the first release of a new label."
