VINTAGE: 2023
REGION: Polish Hill River / Clare
VINEYARD: Smith's Ruchioch
GROWER: Brodie Smith
ELEVATION: 465m
VINE AGE: 23 years
SOIL PROFILE: Grey sandy loam on shale and limestone
ASPECT: NA
FARMING: NASAA certified organic

WINEMAKING:
Fruit harvested in the cool of the morning, destemmed, crushed then pressed. The free run juice is fractioned, settled and fermented cool until dryness.

pH 3.00 | 6.90 g/l TA | 0.5 g/l RS | 12.3%

REVIEWS:
Formerly known as Ruchioch, but now the more prosaic Smith. Easier to check into a hotel for a dirty weekend with this wine, for sure. If you have a new McBryde, you don’t have to worry about such things. What am I saying? It’s not the 1950s.

Bath salts, lime and spice, with a lovely chalky feel to texture, a certain savoury edge, tight acidity, such good grainy texture and complexity, with a very long finish, and a quinine-like tang in the aftertaste. So engaging and good to drink.

Rated : 95 Points, winefront.com.au