Pure, 2024

A tiny crop after a cold spring and a dry summer gave a smaller, more concentrated Savagnin than usual.

Tim Webber and Monique Millton grow everything they bottle on Manon Farm, up around 600 metres on the Forest Range ridge in the Adelaide Hills, between Basket Range and Lenswood, alongside orchards, vegetables and animals. 2024 was hard: a wet, cold spring wrecked flowering, then a hot summer brought no rain. Fewer grapes meant a more concentrated wine, which they say is more complex for it. Savagnin, the Jura's grape, at 12.4% alcohol. A dense, serious white, built to keep.