Our ninth single vineyard Chenin Blanc at Brash Higgins from Willamba Hill. A relatively steep, south facing 34 year old vineyard in the Blewitt Springs sub region of McLaren Vale, it is overlaid with the deep white beach sands distinctive to Blewitt Springs. We attempt to capture the salinity and marine fossil notes from the sandy, coastal soils, thus transporting you to the oceanside with each whiff and taste. Blewitt Springs geology begins some 50 million years ago at the mouth of what is now Maslin Beach (Australia’s first unclad beach) and runs some 30km Eastward up to the foothills of the Adelaide Hills. The grapes are fermented wild in neutral French barriques for 12 months to help accentuate this maritime effect and to build texture. Only 175 cases of this dry, textural CHN Chenin Blanc were produced. – Producer’s Notes
