98 points - "The second release from this home vineyard in Blewitt Springs. The 100 here references 100 years of vintages from these vines (omitting the fledgling unproductive years). All destemmed fruit, old oak, frugal quantities. This sits in a moodier, brooding zone – refined and unadorned, though – with dark red fruits corded into a structure of assertive natural tannin and energetic acidity. Air reveals dried cranberry and cherry, raspberry leaf tea, subdued souk spices, tobacco leaf, rusted iron, dried rose, bergamot, a brooding malty note, like dark rye bread. It’s a wine of many layers, so closely serried that they are initially easy to miss. That compression, the complex weave of tannin, the vibrant drive of acid all mark this as a wine that will age spectacularly." - Marcus Ellis (Halliday Wine Companion)

98 points - "Excellent deep, bright red-purple colour. Reserved aromas of dark chocolate, darker fruits in the background, a lacing of dried herbs overlying it, growing more and more fragrant and detailed as it aired. The wine is full-bodied and firmly concentrated, with a density and grip that protein-rich food would easily accommodate. Great concentration with great balance. This is a brooding grenache that still begs for time to reveal itself fully, and really responds to decanting and breathing. Magnificent wine, with solid ageing potential." - Huon Hooke (The Real Review)

97+ points - "Cherry, raspberry, rose petals, assorted spices, cardamom in particular, but such beautiful and beguiling aromatics here. It’s medium to full-bodied, cherry and red fruits, almond and light earthiness, tannin is is pixelated and so fine, offering a refreshing and nourishing grip, acidity is fresh, and the finish is ‘minerally’ and incredibly long, with a little fennel and rose closing it out. Nuts good." - Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)

The fruit was sourced from Block 5 of the Little Branch
Vineyard in Blewitt Springs, from 104-year-old bush vines
planted on sandy loam with ironstone and quartz at 140
metres above sea level. The vineyard faces north and is
unirrigated, managed organically, with all pruning and
harvesting completed by hand.
Harvest began on 20th March, marking the Sunrise Block’s
100th vintage. Whole berries were gently shaken from the
rachis and transferred to a seasoned 4,000-litre French oak
fermenter for twice-daily pumpovers. The wine was gently
pressed on 31st March, settled in tank for 19 days, then
racked off gross lees into seasoned French oak puncheons
for malolactic conversion and maturation. It was racked once
before being bottled unfined and unfiltered on 4th July
2023. Alcohol 14.5%; pH 3.41; TA 5.7g/L; total sulphur
72ppm.
Highly perfumed, deep, and vivacious, the wine opens with
aromas of cranberry, cherry, and raspberry, complemented
by hints of rose, bergamot and white pepper spice. The
palate is focused and refined, with incredible length and
tension. Dense flavours of forest berries and pomegranate
are wound around savoury, earthy, ferruginous tannins,
while a lingering Earl Grey tea character carries through the
finish. An elegant wine of great finesse and delicacy. –
Stephen Pannell