1838 was the year Walter Thomson, with wife Jane, arrived in Australia and established a winemaking tradition. Faithful to his approach, our estate grown parcels are carefully tended by our vignerons to create wines of great intensity.

Double Pass™ is the process of creating more flavour, richness, and complexity from the fruit we grow. The First Pass is harvested from estate grown fruit at optimum ripeness that creates a lifted and fragrant Shiraz with red fruits and spice. The Second Pass is harvested from Vine Dried Shiraz which has been left on the vines to develop dark fruit and rich flavours. We combine the wines from the First and Second Pass to create the Double Pass™ which is a stunningly rich and balanced wine with fresh red and black fruits combined with spice and fruitcake aromas.

WINEMAKING

The 2021 vintage saw cooler than average temperatures with no heat waves. Fruit ripening was gradual and even producing beautifully balanced fruit bursting with flavour. At each picking time the grapes are destemmed and transferred to temperature controlled fermenters where daily pump overs assist in extracting the intense colour and flavours from skins. Once fermentation is complete the wine is pressed off skins and transferred to a tank for maturation. The blending of the first pass wine with the second pass is undertaken to create the Double Pass, perfectly balanced wine.