Originally planted in the mid 1990’s, we purchased this vineyard in 2010 and began an extensive renovation, grafting five new clones of Cabernet Sauvignon and five new clones of Shiraz along with Mencia, Touriga Nacional, Grenache, Mourvedre, Malbec, Fiano as well as new clones of Merlot and Cabernet Franc.

Frankland River soils are chiefly iron rich lateric gravelly or sandy loams derived from granite or gneissic rocks, and so are typically red in color and of uniform depth. Some areas carry loams derived from the native Marri and Karri eucalyptus forests.

The river valley is a major influence and responsible for cool airflow. There are only a handful of days in the high thirty degrees Celsius. The growing mean temperatures are very mild and warm days are moderated by the Albany Doctor (the sea breeze off the Southern Ocean), which can drop temperature from 30 to 15 degrees Celsius in a matter of hours.