Spinifex 'Miette' Grenache Mataro Shiraz 2016

“Pete [Schell] and his partner Magali Gely operate what I think is the best new-wave of small-scale Barossa wine companies to  emerge at the beginning of the 21st century… These weren’t big, blockbuster, showy wines designed to impress. They were wines that managed to take the best of the Barossa’s sometimes forgotten varietal traditions and fuse them onto a very European flavour sensibility.” Max Allen, The Future Makers

This year, Miette's Rhone-style blend takes in Grenache (56%) with Mataro (40% ) and Shiraz (2%). Each parcel is impeccably sourced from old, dry-grown vineyards on the northern, western and eastern edges of the Barossa Valley, with vine age ranging from 55 to over 150 years.