Our 2025 answer to our sold out 2024 Fearon Malbec, our most popular wine last year. A blend of grenache, tempranillo and mouvèdre, we think this is a serious contender to the Malbec! Our version of a “Classic Dry Red” style of everyday easy-drinking red wine for all occasions. Can be served room temperature or slightly chilled. Roughly equal parts Grenache, Tempranillo and Mourvedre, picked and vinified separately at various stages of ripeness. All Ferguson Valley/Geographe fruit. Some whole bunch/carbonic components, mostly aged in large format old oak as well as some stainless steel for 7 months. Bottled unfined and unfiltered. Region: Ferguson Valley, Geographe Alcohol: 13.0% Tasting Notes: Bright and perfumed, with red and black berries, five-spice and a whisper of aniseed on the nose. The palate is soft and juicy - blackberry, raspberry and pastille fruit framed by superfine tannins, with a satisfying amaro bitterness on the finish. Pairing: Versatile enough for any table - try it slightly chilled with a summer spread of antipasto and charcuterie, or alongside a slow-braised lamb shoulder by the fire in winter. Review: “Crunchy, formidably fun, and full of optimism. If it were me, I’d drink this GTM blend (the T is Tempranillo) with the slightest of chills – 10°C would suffice rather nicely. Cranberry, fermenting strawberries, watermelon and torn herbs, the latter from the inclusion of whole bunches. In the mouth it deploys more joy and sinewy excitement. It’s fun. Torn rose petals, crystal dust, bay leaf and rhubarb. Completely understandable. A great food wine. A great aperitif. Just good plonk, really. Perfect for cured meats, fermenting veggies in jars and breaking hearts.” - 92 points - Cyndal Petty for Wine Pilot - Published April 2026 Tasting Notes The red iteration of our regional label series, this is a red made for all seasons, equally at home served slightly chilled in summer, or by the fireplace in winter. Made with the same love and care as our single site series of wines, this wine is a blend of Mourvèdre (35%), Grenache (30%), Tempranillo (25%) and Chardonnay (10%), intentionally crafted to be enjoyed on any occasion, for any reason. The nose is bright and perfumed, with primary red and black berry fruit mingling airily with some gentle five-spice, aniseed and liquorice. Soft blackberry and sweeter raspberry fruit greet the palate, with a juicy pastille undercurrent. Super-fine tannins serve only to frame and provide support for the abundance of fruit flavours, whilst a pleasing amaro bitters savouriness builds towards the finish. Vineyard The intention of the regional label series is to craft wine reflecting a regional style, more so than a single site expression. As such, the fruit was sourced from several premier vineyards across the Geographe wine region, with the individual parcels being harvested and vinified separately. Winemaking Individual parcels of fruit were harvested at sequential stages of ripeness and vinified separately in small open fermenters. Some individual ferments incorporated varying degrees of whole cluster incorporation, with the balance being fermented as whole berries using wild yeast. After fermentation the wine was aged in a combination of stainless steel tank and seasoned oak for 7 months. The components were then blended with the addition of a quantity of Chardonnay to enhance colour and aromatics, then bottled in October 2025 unfined and unfiltered. Season After the extraordinarily hot, dry and compressed harvest of 2024, 2025 was a welcome return to a more balanced and rhythmic, classic southwest WA growing season. The winter of 2024 saw slightly above average temperatures, and above average rainfall that started later but persisted well into spring. Mild and settled conditions around budburst allowed balanced and even early shoot growth progressively hastened as temperatures warmed into October. Spring into early summer saw a perfect rhythm of clear sunny days interspersed with overcast and rainy conditions. Flowering occurred during generally settled weather, resulting in even berry set and good crop levels. A massive rain event towards the end of November saw over 100mm of rain fall in the Ferguson Valley district in less than 24 hours, stimulating strong secondary growth in vines that necessitated additional canopy management. Summer was generally warm with few temperature extremes. A mild heatwave preceded the onset of harvest in second week of February, with white varieties being harvested in quick succession. March saw milder temperatures and cool nights, and with the excellent residual soil moisture allowed perfect conditions for a long gradual ripening of red varieties. The last of the reds were harvested at the start of April. All in all, 2025 will go down as one of the finest vintages in Geographe’s viticultural history, with the wines destined to age gracefully for many years.
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