The 2007 “Allouran” is a deep red black with a lifted nose of plums, chocolate, blackcurrant and an exotic hint of a fine Cuban cigar.  The palate is rich and fully integrated with great fruit flavours and the finest of tannins, giving in to a long delicious length.  A wine that has the potential to age at least 5-12 years, but you can be assured of the wine drinking well now.

2007 was a red wine vintage that may go down as one of the region’s best, perfect warm spring conditions led into a mild but still warm summer that meant the grapes were perfectly ripe and full of flavour the earliest in our short vineyards history.  All of the vines had little to no disease pressure and were not damaged by birds that miraculously left the vines alone due to the proliferation of blossom from the surrounding Marri trees.  A wonderful year to be a vigneron!

The fruit was severely thinned prior to harvest, and just prior to the first and only time we have used a mechanical harvester, any grapes that were considered not good “enough to eat” were dropped on the ground.  The technical data on these grapes are as below:

Delightful - sweet grassy Franc married to rich plummy Merlot with good nutty oak in support. Rich but controlled with some savoury flavours and a general red fruitedness, firm tannin, freshness and excellent length.  Subtle mocha oak on exit. It all flows along merrily merrily - like a dream.  Brilliant price for a wine of this quality. (Considered <Top Value> and <Tip Top Tipple>, one of only five wines to have had this accolade on the Winefront site – an honour the wine truly deserves). Rated : 94 points; The Wine Front