2022 Swinney Mourvèdre
Varieties: 90% Mourvèdre, 6% Syrah, 4% Grenache
Region: Frankland River, Great Southern
Tasting Notes
- Sweetness: Dry | Medium | Sweet
- Acidity: Low | Medium | High
- Tannin: Low | Medium | High
- Alcohol: Low (9-11%) | Medium (12-13%) | High (14%+)
- Body: Light | Medium | Full
- Oak: None | Some | Lots
- Fruit: Pomegranate, Strawberries, Satsuma Plums
- Flavours: Venison, Chinese Five Spice, White pepper, Cassia bark.
Critic Reviews
94 pts Erin Larkin, www.robertparker.com, January 2024
"I'm such a big fan of this wine. As a variety, Mourvèdre can be a bit of a fickle beast in that it leans easily and readily into big, fleshy, earthy, purple fruited characters. It has the propensity for bolshiness. Yet in Frankland River and in the hands of Rob Mann at Swinney, Mourvèdre feels bright, exciting, fleshy, bloody, mineral, fine ... all the good things. Frankland is just so well suited to the variety, in my opinion. So, to the wine, this 2022 Mourvèdre leads with pink peppercorns, salted licorice, fresh blood and black pudding, mulberry, freshly turned earth and sea salt. The wine is mineral and almost steely, far finer and brighter even than the nose would suggest. This is a really exciting wine here. 14% alcohol, sealed under screw cap."
Cellaring Potential
Drink now (with a good decant no less than 1 hour) or cellar for up to 10 years.
Enjoy With
Slow roasted Beef Short Ribs.
About Swinney
Established: 1998 | Under Vine: 160ha | Dozens: 2500
Swinney estate has become regarded by many as the finest Shiraz vineyard in WA, not to mention an excellent source for Frankland River Riesling. They have also staked their claim (pardon the pun!) as one of the world’s great sites for both Grenache and Mourvèdre—if you think we’re exaggerating, then we look forward to showing you the upcoming releases. More recently, in 2018, the Swinneys invited renowned winemaker Rob Mann to join the team. Mann is the grandson of the legendary Jack Mann—the godfather of Western Australian wine—and is internationally respected in his own right after his work at Cape Mentelle, Hardy’s Tintara and Newton in the Napa. By his own account, Mann took one look at the vineyard and asked, “Where do I sign on?”
Varieties: 90% Mourvèdre, 6% Syrah, 4% Grenache
Region: Frankland River, Great Southern
Tasting Notes
- Sweetness: Dry | Medium | Sweet
- Acidity: Low | Medium | High
- Tannin: Low | Medium | High
- Alcohol: Low (9-11%) | Medium (12-13%) | High (14%+)
- Body: Light | Medium | Full
- Oak: None | Some | Lots
- Fruit: Pomegranate, Strawberries, Satsuma Plums
- Flavours: Venison, Chinese Five Spice, White pepper, Cassia bark.
Critic Reviews
94 pts Erin Larkin, www.robertparker.com, January 2024
"I'm such a big fan of this wine. As a variety, Mourvèdre can be a bit of a fickle beast in that it leans easily and readily into big, fleshy, earthy, purple fruited characters. It has the propensity for bolshiness. Yet in Frankland River and in the hands of Rob Mann at Swinney, Mourvèdre feels bright, exciting, fleshy, bloody, mineral, fine ... all the good things. Frankland is just so well suited to the variety, in my opinion. So, to the wine, this 2022 Mourvèdre leads with pink peppercorns, salted licorice, fresh blood and black pudding, mulberry, freshly turned earth and sea salt. The wine is mineral and almost steely, far finer and brighter even than the nose would suggest. This is a really exciting wine here. 14% alcohol, sealed under screw cap."
Cellaring Potential
Drink now (with a good decant no less than 1 hour) or cellar for up to 10 years.
Enjoy With
Slow roasted Beef Short Ribs.
About Swinney
Established: 1998 | Under Vine: 160ha | Dozens: 2500
Swinney estate has become regarded by many as the finest Shiraz vineyard in WA, not to mention an excellent source for Frankland River Riesling. They have also staked their claim (pardon the pun!) as one of the world’s great sites for both Grenache and Mourvèdre—if you think we’re exaggerating, then we look forward to showing you the upcoming releases. More recently, in 2018, the Swinneys invited renowned winemaker Rob Mann to join the team. Mann is the grandson of the legendary Jack Mann—the godfather of Western Australian wine—and is internationally respected in his own right after his work at Cape Mentelle, Hardy’s Tintara and Newton in the Napa. By his own account, Mann took one look at the vineyard and asked, “Where do I sign on?”
Varieties: 90% Mourvèdre, 6% Syrah, 4% Grenache
Region: Frankland River, Great Southern
Tasting Notes
- Sweetness: Dry | Medium | Sweet
- Acidity: Low | Medium | High
- Tannin: Low | Medium | High
- Alcohol: Low (9-11%) | Medium (12-13%) | High (14%+)
- Body: Light | Medium | Full
- Oak: None | Some | Lots
- Fruit: Pomegranate, Strawberries, Satsuma Plums
- Flavours: Venison, Chinese Five Spice, White pepper, Cassia bark.
Critic Reviews
94 pts Erin Larkin, www.robertparker.com, January 2024
"I'm such a big fan of this wine. As a variety, Mourvèdre can be a bit of a fickle beast in that it leans easily and readily into big, fleshy, earthy, purple fruited characters. It has the propensity for bolshiness. Yet in Frankland River and in the hands of Rob Mann at Swinney, Mourvèdre feels bright, exciting, fleshy, bloody, mineral, fine ... all the good things. Frankland is just so well suited to the variety, in my opinion. So, to the wine, this 2022 Mourvèdre leads with pink peppercorns, salted licorice, fresh blood and black pudding, mulberry, freshly turned earth and sea salt. The wine is mineral and almost steely, far finer and brighter even than the nose would suggest. This is a really exciting wine here. 14% alcohol, sealed under screw cap."
Cellaring Potential
Drink now (with a good decant no less than 1 hour) or cellar for up to 10 years.
Enjoy With
Slow roasted Beef Short Ribs.
About Swinney
Established: 1998 | Under Vine: 160ha | Dozens: 2500
Swinney estate has become regarded by many as the finest Shiraz vineyard in WA, not to mention an excellent source for Frankland River Riesling. They have also staked their claim (pardon the pun!) as one of the world’s great sites for both Grenache and Mourvèdre—if you think we’re exaggerating, then we look forward to showing you the upcoming releases. More recently, in 2018, the Swinneys invited renowned winemaker Rob Mann to join the team. Mann is the grandson of the legendary Jack Mann—the godfather of Western Australian wine—and is internationally respected in his own right after his work at Cape Mentelle, Hardy’s Tintara and Newton in the Napa. By his own account, Mann took one look at the vineyard and asked, “Where do I sign on?”
