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Swinney Mourvèdre 2024

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Swinney Mourvèdre 2024
Producer Swinney
Region, Country Frankland River, Australia
Bottle Size 750ml
Case Size 6
Product Code 25520-750

Echoing what has been said many times about Swinney’s Grenache, it is rare to find a Mourvèdre of this purity and distinction from Australian shores. This is Swinney’s fourth straight Mourvèdre bottling, and the wine is basking in the spotlight. The Mourvèdre is drawn from dry-grown bush vines on Wilsons Pool Vineyard, planted in the early 2000s on rich, gravelly-loam soils. The fruit was picked by hand when flavour and tannin were perfectly ripe, then sorted berry by berry and transferred via gravity to a single stainless-steel fermenter. It fermented with 18% whole bunches to highlight the variety’s “distinctive ferrous qualities, fine structure and wild spice.” The new vintage spent 11 days on skins before being pressed to fine-grained large-format French oak, where it matured for 11 months. Speaking to the sheer, visceral originality of this wine, Mann says that “there’s something of Swinney here that no one can replicate.” Enigmatic, maybe, but also very true.


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Reviews

“Dark chocolate, hazelnut, black olive, tamarind, dried mint, quite some exotic spice. It’s inky and dark, a little orange and juniper tang through wholesome dark fruit, a grainy toasted hazelnut grip to tannin, savoury and sappy, quite sooty in texture, with a blood plum and orange tang to close on a finish of excellent length. You want it darker? I’m ready my Lord.”
94 points, Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
“This wine, grown from dry-grown bush vines on the Swinney Wilson's Pool Vineyard, illustrates the inherent qualities of mourvèdre in this region, along with distinctive vineyard character. It's medium-bodied with lovely fragrances and the regional influence of a slightly ironstone, ferrous note. The inclusion of 18% whole bunches with wild fermentation has added structure and texture, fleshing out the middle palate well. Further time on lees has built additional complexity. A stylish expression of mourvèdre.”
95 points, Ray Jordan, rayjordanwine.com.au
“This comes from dry-grown bush vines, was wild fermented, and spent eleven days on skins; matured in used, large-format oak barrels. Violet floral lift, scents of game meat, a good dose of cinnamon, garam masala, dried cranberry, dark cherry and cola. The palate is similarly set up – chewy and dusty with slender tannins, a core of dark fruit and woody spice, game meat finishes and is accompanied by herbs (fresh, dried and cool). It's a finely tuned expression, pure and fine boned, detailed with fruit, spice and savoury elements. Fantastic drinking.”
95 points, Mike Bennie, The Wine Companion
“The 2024 Mourvèdre is reductive upon opening, with notes of hung deli meat, pomegranate molasses, graphite, sweet pouch tobacco and hot tarmac. In the mouth, the wine is supple and yet laden with tannin, showing a minty leafiness that overlays the dark fruit notes. The 2024 season in Western Australia was very hot and dry, breaking records across the state. The wine here comes in at a modest 13.7% alcohol, as per last year's wine, and yet this year's iteration feels a little firmer, a little greener, a little drier than last year's magnificent release. Having said all of this, the length of flavor is impressive, owing to the quality winemaking, the vineyard site and the viticulture. This is very good. Sealed under screw cap.”
93 points, Erin Larkin, Wine Advocate

Reviews

“Dark chocolate, hazelnut, black olive, tamarind, dried mint, quite some exotic spice. It’s inky and dark, a little orange and juniper tang through wholesome dark fruit, a grainy toasted hazelnut grip to tannin, savoury and sappy, quite sooty in texture, with a blood plum and orange tang to close on a finish of excellent length. You want it darker? I’m ready my Lord.”
94 points, Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
“This wine, grown from dry-grown bush vines on the Swinney Wilson's Pool Vineyard, illustrates the inherent qualities of mourvèdre in this region, along with distinctive vineyard character. It's medium-bodied with lovely fragrances and the regional influence of a slightly ironstone, ferrous note. The inclusion of 18% whole bunches with wild fermentation has added structure and texture, fleshing out the middle palate well. Further time on lees has built additional complexity. A stylish expression of mourvèdre.”
95 points, Ray Jordan, rayjordanwine.com.au
“This comes from dry-grown bush vines, was wild fermented, and spent eleven days on skins; matured in used, large-format oak barrels. Violet floral lift, scents of game meat, a good dose of cinnamon, garam masala, dried cranberry, dark cherry and cola. The palate is similarly set up – chewy and dusty with slender tannins, a core of dark fruit and woody spice, game meat finishes and is accompanied by herbs (fresh, dried and cool). It's a finely tuned expression, pure and fine boned, detailed with fruit, spice and savoury elements. Fantastic drinking.”
95 points, Mike Bennie, The Wine Companion
“The 2024 Mourvèdre is reductive upon opening, with notes of hung deli meat, pomegranate molasses, graphite, sweet pouch tobacco and hot tarmac. In the mouth, the wine is supple and yet laden with tannin, showing a minty leafiness that overlays the dark fruit notes. The 2024 season in Western Australia was very hot and dry, breaking records across the state. The wine here comes in at a modest 13.7% alcohol, as per last year's wine, and yet this year's iteration feels a little firmer, a little greener, a little drier than last year's magnificent release. Having said all of this, the length of flavor is impressive, owing to the quality winemaking, the vineyard site and the viticulture. This is very good. Sealed under screw cap.”
93 points, Erin Larkin, Wine Advocate

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