A warm dry growing season in Werribee. A settled flowering led to good crop levels. Careful canopy management and crop thinning were required. A warm summer allowed full flavour ripeness, while retaining good acid structure. Carignan is widely planted in Minervois Region in the South of France, It was known as a workhorse variety, however with careful vineyard practices it thrives in the warmth of Werribee.

Carefully hand harvested fruit was picked in the cool of the morning to retain vibrancy. The Carignan fruit was destemmed into small open fermenters, where wild yeast performed their magic. The ferments when lightly hand plunged to extract fine tannins. The wine was then pressed and left to rest in older French Hogs Heads. The wine was racked then blended and bottled in September 2020.