Our  Koltz vineyard is located at at almost 200 metres in Blewitt Springs, which  is the coolest and the highest sub-region of McLaren Vale and is dominated by sandy soils lying over ironstone and clay. Good drainage is assured as the vineyard is on the side of a small knoll. These distinctive characteristics, or terroir, produce wines of elegance, suppleness and soft velvety tannins.

The vineyard is hand pruned, shoot thinned early in the season and then fruit thinned at veraison. We aim for between 2 to 2.5 tonne per acre. All fruit is handpicked.

The vineyard is  21 years old, irrigation is used sparingly and 50% is dry grown. Cool nights throughout the vintage lengthen the ripening period and we pick two to three weeks after the rest of McLaren Vale.

Blewitt Springs vineyard