Swinney

Frankland River GSM

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  Vintage 2022
  95 points

“Hoo ah! Here’s a wild wine of emphatic personality. Blue fruit, white pepper and exotic spice, but also bloody and ferrous too. I’m thinking blood plum, dried orange peel offering a pleasingly biter cinch, chalky and chewy, so much dried herb and liquorice-laced meaty spicy goodness, smudgy and ashen, but kind of vibrant too, with a meaty/grainy/sappy finish of excellent length. A terrific expression of Mataro.” 95 points, Gary Walsh, The Wine Front

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  Vintage 2021
  94 points

"On the face of it, Frankland River is too cool to produce quality mourvèdre, but this is a most attractive wine. The aromas and fruit flavours are of sour and black cherries, backed by the finest tannins. It's light- to medium-bodied, and has very good length." 94 points. James Halliday, winecompanion.com.au