The Mount Barrow vineyard is in the Mount Barker region of Great southern. One of the coolest Australian sites available for the production of Marchand & Burch wines, the site is at nearly 400m altitude and planted to the French Chardonnay clones of 95, 96, 277 and 76, with smaller portions of Gin Gin and American clones. Harvested by hand when just flavour-ripe, individual parcels of grapes are cooled, hand sorted then whole bunch pressed. Fermentation is wild and in French oak (~40% new) in a variety of formats. Regular batonnage is conducted until the ferment is dry, and the wines undergo partal MLF and maturation in barrel over 10 months.

2023

“Strikes immediately with complex and intriguing notes of faint struck match against a background of grapefruit, vanilla bean and tart nectarine. The palate texture has been created with a mix of oaks of different ages and formats with partial malolactic fermentation. Has a subtle cracked seas-shell character permeating against the dry savoury minerality. Shows the virtues of the Mount Barrow vineyard with its mix of clones adding variety and complex options to the wines.” 97 points, Ray Jordan

96 Points, Regan Drew, Vino Notebook
95 Points, Tom Kline, Winepilot
95 points, Jane Faulkner, Halliday Wine Companion
9.6/10, Max Cru, The Northern Times