{"title":"2026 Collection - CONTINVVM PT2","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"lvdo-clarendon-syrah-2025","title":"LVDO Clarendon Syrah 2025","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIngredients:\u003c\/strong\u003e Grapes, 30 ppm sulphites\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVegan, unfined and unfiltered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13.5% ABV\u003cbr\u003e750 mL\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrape:\u003c\/strong\u003e Syrah\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVintage:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVineyard:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bekkers Clarendon Vineyard, Clarendon, McLaren Vale\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mcePastedContent\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlanted:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1990\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mcePastedContent\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElevation:\u003c\/strong\u003e 300 m\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mcePastedContent\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e 593 bottles\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn late 2023, Toby and Emmauelle Bekkers invited a small group of McLaren Vale winemakers for a casual benchtop tasting. We looked at Syrah, Grenache and Cabernet wines newly made from their Clarendon Vineyard Estate. The tasting sheet indicated a small parcel of Shiraz grapes available for sale from the 2024 vintage on for a long-term agreement. The red wines made from the top block located on pure schist with a thin topsoil tasted breathtaking. Fragrant, elegant, linear, yet packed with flavour and tension. Result of a cool, elevated, and terraced vineyard in a warm region. I knew I had found the missing part for my ambitious rosé project! The 2025 vintage delivered exceptional quality grapes, and while hand-picking bunches, I decided to dedicate a small batch to red wine. Archives from the 19th century praised the aromatic and elegant red wines made from this site that also had remarkable aging potential. Hence my contemporary take as a Light Dry Red, in other words, a fine Syrah with a nod to Pinot Noir and Grenache.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you've been following Bekkers' success in the past years, I don't have to introduce their gorgeous version: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bekkerswine.com\/store\/current-clarendon-syrah-2023\" tabindex=\"-1\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBekkers Clarendon Syrah\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mcePastedContent\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinemaking:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hand-harvested and sorted grapes were fermented as 30% whole-cluster with 2 daily \"pour-overs\" for gentle extraction. The free run was drained off after 72-days of extended maceration. Matured in a 450 L puncheon on fine lees for 10 months. 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Say no more, Michael Hall's long-lived Mt Torrens Syrah bottlings are sourced from across the road.\u003cbr\u003eI've been fortunate to work with Mike and Margaret's 1.1 Ha vineyard since 2022. Slowly getting involved in pruning, shoot thinning, leaf plucking and green harvest over the year, over 4 vintages. For me, this has been a unique vineyard from the start: late ripening and low yielding (~1.5 kg grapes\/vine), producing aromatic, sweet, spicy and herbal fruit. A vineyard that is capable of producing wines with power and grace. The 2025 vintage is the best wine to encompass the potential of this site to date.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWine making: \u003c\/strong\u003eThe grapes were picked between 8 March and 22 March in three passes. 50% destemmed, 50% with 70% whole cluster ferment, with 54 days of maceration for both. 4% of Sangiovese, Nero d'Avola and Viognier were co-fermented with Syrah. Aged 10 months in old puncheons. The final wine has 30% whole bunch. After carefully assembling the blend, the wine rested in tank for 1 month and was bottled with 30 ppm SO2\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mcePastedContent\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlend composition: \u003c\/strong\u003e96% Syrah, 2% Nero d’Avola, 1% Sangiovese, 1% Viognier\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LVDO Wine Cellars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45427595149335,"sku":null,"price":39.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0565\/2896\/1559\/files\/01.png?v=1787414322"},{"product_id":"lvdo-forreston-chardonnay-2025","title":"LVDO Forreston Chardonnay 2025","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIngredients:\u003c\/strong\u003e Grapes, 30 ppm sulphites\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVegan, unfined and unfiltered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13.1% ABV\u003cbr\u003e750 mL\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGrape:\u003c\/strong\u003e Chardonnay\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVintage:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVineyard:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lansdowne Vineyard, Forreston, Adelaide Hills\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mcePastedContent\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlanted:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2005\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mcePastedContent\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElevation:\u003c\/strong\u003e 420 m\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"mcePastedContent\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e 727 bottles\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSimilarly to the 2024 vintage, my purpose was to fill an important stylistic void in the Australian Chardonnay landscape; a savoury, textural, salty white harnessed with controlled and complexing oxydation. A style that immediately makes you think of Jura with an unmistakably Australian personality.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinemaking:\u003c\/strong\u003e I10V1 and Entav 548 clones were hand-harvested in three passes. Mostly pressed directly, except for one batch that was macerated for 3 hours. The freshly pressed must settled for 2 days and was racked into tanks and an old French hogshead for barrel fermentation. Aged on fine lees for 15 months without racking. After carefully assembling the blend, the wine rested in tank for 1 month and was bottled with 30 ppm SO2.\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LVDO Wine Cellars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45427599540247,"sku":null,"price":43.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0565\/2896\/1559\/files\/02.png?v=1787414545"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0565\/2896\/1559\/collections\/04.png?v=1787413536","url":"https:\/\/drinkludo.com\/collections\/2026-collection-continvvm-pt2.oembed","provider":"LVDO Wine Cellars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}