Lucy Margaux Monomeith Single Vineyard Pinot Noir

Product Description

Set in Basket Range, South Australia, a series of hills located west of the city of Adelaide, Lucy Margaux Vineyards is one of a small group of farms surrounded by untouched wilderness. LMV enjoys the mild humid influences of the ocean however, at 500 meters above sea level the region is cool and grows quality Pinot Noir. The vineyard is dry grown and 100% biodynamic, which means the land has never seen fertilizer, herbicides, pesticides, fungicides or any other chemical spray. We aim to produce wines that express themselves. To achieve this at the highest level I would never consider adding yeast, bacteria, acid, sugar or any of the other artificial or natural additives. It still seems wrong to me to be adding fish’s bladders or any of the bizarre options. A winemaker can choose to be an artist or chemist, while some people can’t help but add, mix and analyse wine as if they are producing a concoction in a laboratory. I believe that winemaking is a craft, all our decisions are made with the aid of a Riedel glass and traditional skills with the aim of developing wines with true identify. Our wines are naturally fermented, without any adulteration. We do not use the bag of winemaking tricks that most wineries do (acid, sugar, enzyme, plastic polymers, fish bladder, copper, gelatine, clay, etc.). All of our wines spend some time in oak barrels and we get a small amount of new French oak each year. We shave and toast our own barrels in the winery to suit each ferment. We do not pump the wine ever! Wine is only moved by gravity or pushed by inert gas (argon). All the wines are unfined, unfiltered (except the rosé as this may have a small amount of residual sugar). The wine only ever sees sulphur just prior to bottling; this is kept to a minium (60 ppm) to ensure that it is protected on the journeys to your cellar or glass.

The single vineyard version is truly hedonistic. ‘Monomeith’ vineyard may well be the jewel in the Lucy Margaux crown. This takes the house Monomeith and all of Anton’s wines to another level. It’s got everything, complex aromas of strawberries and red cherries enhanced by light vanillan oak, cinnamon and tobacco leaf. Moderately rich in the mouth with flavors that replicate the nose; slightly tart, focus on berry fruit and toasty oak, with the earthiness coming through nicely on the finish.