2024 Singlefile Great Southern Malbec Magnum
VINEYARD & WINEMAKING
The malbec grape originates from France, the majority found in the Cahors region, a small town in the south-west. Because of the grapes’ thin skin, it is susceptible to poor weather and the pests of the region, and hasn’t surfaced as a top French variety. However, it is a common blending grape used in many of the great wines of Bordeaux. It has also found a home in Mendoza, Argentina where a French botanist planted it by order of the mayor in 1868. It is increasingly being celebrated as an Argentine varietal.
There are only very small plantings of malbec in the Great Southern, and it has proven well suited to the climate and soils of the Frankland River subregion. This 2024 vintage fruit was picked and sorted on 6 March. It was cold soaked in small fermenters for two days before undergoing an extended and gentle maceration allowing for the softening of the tannins with the goal of creating a wine with structure and texture, along with the natural juicy flavour profile of malbec. Twenty five percent of the wine was matured in new Bordeaux oak barriques. The balance went to two- and three-year old Bordeaux barriques for nine months maturation before final preparation for bottling in December 2024.
THE WINE
This wine displays bright and lifted perfumed aromas of dark fruits including plums and blackberries as well as subtle hints of chocolate and spicy oak. The wine is effortlessly mouth filling with a lovely soft and juicy red fruit flavour profile balanced with natural acidity and gentle fine-grained tannins which provide structure to a long finish.
CRITIC REVIEWS OF NOTE
2024 Vintage
New Release
2023 Vintage
93 points, Ken Gargett, WinePilot, July 2024
92 points, Tom Kline, WinePilot, July 2024
93 points, Ray Jordan Wine, May 2024
92 points, Wine Showcase, March 2024
2022 Vintage
93 points, Ray Jordan Wine, November 2023
95 points, Barry Weinman, Fine Wine Club, Apr 2023
"A very good expression", Dr Craig Drummond MW, Medical Forum Magazine, May 2023
2021 Vintage
95 points, Top in Category, Wines of the West, Winestate Magazine, May/June 2022
2020 Vintage
93 points, Wine Showcase Magazine, Jun 2021
91 points, Wine Showcase Magazaine, Mar 2021
2019 Vintage
4.5 stars, Best Wines of 2020, Style Tastings, Winestate Magazine, Annual Edition 2021
Gold, 94 points, Wine Showcase Magazine, Jul 2020
2018 Vintage
4 stars, Best Wines of 2020, New Releases, Winestate Magazine, Annual Edition 2021
94 points, James Suckling, Mar 2020
4 stars, Winestate Magazine, Feb 2020