2023 Good Intentions Frankie
WINEMAKER: Andrew Burchell
REGION: Mount Gambier, SA
VARIETY: Cabernet Franc
VITICULTURE: Organic/Biodynamic
"A GIWC favourite stemming from our love of Loire Valley cab franc. Fermented as whole berries for around 8-10 days and pumped over gently. Ferment is pressed off whilst juice has retained sweetness and tannins are low. Results in a fruit forward wine with purity, shine and beaming with dark berries faint minerality and herbaceous characters . 2023's wine has depth, colour and complexity with a longer palate and great mouth feel. It’s cab franc no mistaking and this year returns to its deeper and darker style like we are used to."
Mount Gambier is a truly unique wine region to Australia. A young volcano by the sea, it juxtaposes cool climate limestone slopes with oceanic moderation. Andrew's property is located on the south side of one of the volcano. Erupting less than 6000 years ago it is filled with water that changes colour with the seasons. Arising from an ancient inland sea made into limestone and now receiving water from underground caves added with our generous rainfall all contributes to the abundance of water stored in underground limestone caves with pockets of flint rock spread below the nearby soils. The limestone filters the water naturally and the result is a pure water thriving with minerality. All this helps make for incredible soil complexity and their cool climate makes for perfect growing conditions and in turn beautiful, elegant and totally unique wines like no other.