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The continental cool climate sub-region of Frankland River sits within the north west corner of the Great Southern wine region (its latitude 34°39’S). The Riversdale vineyard, planted in 1997 on deep gravel over clay soils, on a north-south orientation, is located 7kms north west of the Frankland River township.

The Philip Adrian is Singlefile’s flagship red wine where every measure is taken to ensure only the best fruit and barrels are selected. This wine will only be made in exceptional vintages.

The wine is 100% cabernet sauvignon (Houghton clones), the fruit picked and sorted in April 2015. It was cold soaked in a small fermenter for two weeks with minimum pump overs before undergoing an extended and gentle maceration lasting for four weeks. Sixty-five percent of the wine was matured in new Bordeaux oak barriques for eighteen months. The balance went to one-year-old (25%) and two-year-old (10%) Bordeaux barriques (for the same period). The wine was bottle aged for a further twelve months before release.

THE WINE

The wine displays aromas of bright red berry fruit and light earthy characters. The palate is vibrant with ripe raspberry fruit and mouth filling supple earthy tannins.

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REVIEWS OF NOTE

2015 Vintage

18.5 points, Regan Drew, Vinonotebook, Sep 2018
97 points, James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion, Aug 2018
95 points, QWine, Jun 2018
95 points, Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front, Jun 2018

2014 Vintage

97 points, James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion, Aug 2017
95 points, Campbell Mattinson, Wine Front, Jun 2017
18.5+ points, Barry Weinman, Fine Wine Club, Jul 2017
18.5 points, Regan Drew, vinonotebook.com, Oct 2017

2013 Vintage

98 points, James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion, Nov 2015
98 points, Perth Cafe Culture, Apr 2016
97 points, Ray Jordan, Weekend West, Aug 2016
96 points, Campbell Mattinson, The Wine Front, May 2016

2012 Vintage

96 points, James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion, Aug 2015
96 points, Ray Jordan, WA Wine Guide, Nov 2014
'mature and profound', Regan Drew, Vinonotebook, Aug 2015