2023 Swinney Farvie Mourvedre

Highly Rated
Swinney |Great Southern |Mataro/Mourvedre
Likely the finest Mourvedre wine in Australia.

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Description

Rob Mann is very committed to this variety and is making a statement with this straight Mourvedre under the Farvie range. It's an exciting modern offering of the variety that demands attention.

The fruit was hand-picked from small section of estate vines and fermented as 66% whole bunches for extra bright, spicy aromatics and texture. A savoury red full of structured tannins holding a core of red and blue fruits dusted with spice. This is an absolute benchmark for Mourvedre wines - almost peerless in Australia.

Extremely limited quantities produced - if you want to try the Farvie Mourvedre you better swoop quickly.

99 points
“Oh yes, I love this wine. It has a beautiful perfume and brightness evident on the nose and the palate... Slightly more supple and revealing than the grenache and less open and opulent than the syrah.”
- Ray Jordan (businessnews.com.au)

98 points
“A brooding beauty, a masterclass in allowing mourvèdre to tread the tightrope between the sacred and the profane.”
- Nick Ryan (The Weekend Australian)
96 points
"Quite a wine. Speaks Mataro so fluently and has no shortage of charisma. Superb."
- Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)
19.5/20 points
“Farvie Mourvèdre is more expansive, and it is immediately convivial. This variety’s softer impact and more open-armed expression lull you into a false sense of security before the trademark Farvie minerality attacks without warning or mercy... It is stunning…”
- Matthew Jukes (matthewjukes.com)

99 points - “Oh yes, I love this wine. It has a beautiful perfume and brightness evident on the nose and the palate. This is bush vine mourvèdre. The structure and palate poise are exceptional. The rustic edges are slightly knocked off. Meaty chorizo but it’s subtle. These characters are trimmed. And in a year like 2023, mourvèdre has less acidity. It has a slightly ironstone rusty nail thread running through it with a tense dry tannin feel in the mouth. It was matured in a single 16-litre vat that has no direct oak impact. The attention to detail is demonstrated by the management of the bush vine canopies allowing attention to each bunch with the resulting uniformity of fruit. Traces of blue fruits with a subtle licorice and tarry character. Slightly more supple and revealing than the grenache and less open and opulent than the syrah.” - Ray Jordan (businessnews.com.au)

98 points - “Licorice and blackberries, cassia bark and coal dust. Black pepper spice, boudin noir, spilled viscera. Pastrami on dark rye. A metallurgic core, something firm and ferrous at its heart. Fine but forthright gravelly tannin. Unapologetically firm through the finish. A brooding beauty, a masterclass in allowing mourvèdre to tread the tightrope between the sacred and the profane.” - Nick Ryan (The Weekend Australian)

96 points - "Black fruit, liquorice, spicy sausage, dried herb and beef dripping. It’s medium-bodied, meaty and spicy, a lively crunch to it, with fresh blackberry acidity, a grainy ironstone grip to tannin, kind of dirty but clean, with a boysenberry and new leather finish of excellent length. Quite a wine. Speaks Mataro so fluently and has no shortage of charisma. Superb." - Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)

19.5/20 points - “Farvie Mourvèdre is more expansive, and it is immediately convivial. This variety’s softer impact and more open-armed expression lull you into a false sense of security before the trademark Farvie minerality attacks without warning or mercy. The moisture is sucked from the palate and is replaced with stoniness and skin characters that tease and striate. These palate manoeuvres cause rivulets of juiciness to collect, which refresh the senses with clean, free-running, open and gentle red and purple fruit flavours. It is stunning…” - Matthew Jukes (matthewjukes.com)

Winemaker Rob Mann says this is “the most audacious, emotive wine” of the trio. It’s crafted from a draconian selection of dry-grown bush-vine bunches on the same kidney-shaped patch of dirt as the vines for the Farvie Grenache in the Wilson’s Pool Vineyard. The vines here face northeast on leaner topsoil and with a higher percentage of coarse lateritic gravel; the roots have now made it down into the clay beneath. Meticulous fruit-thinning and selective hand-harvesting over multiple passes ensures Swinney achieves fruit that is as close to perfect as possible.

As was the case in 2022, bunches and berries were small, requiring a moderation in the use of whole bunches in the ferment. Where this wine can sometimes be 100%, the proportion was a well-integrated 66% this year. According to Mann, the Farvie Mourvèdre works beautifully with stem inclusion. “It helps to balance the wildness, gaminess and rustiness of the fruit while accentuating the spice element of the wine.”

The wine spent 11 days on skins before being pressed to large, fine-grained, seasoned French oak vessels, where it matured for 10 months. It’s the wildest, most intoxicating of the three Farvie wines, compared evocatively by the maker to a deep dive into a 600-page novel.

Price Bracket $101 and Above
Type Red
Body Full Bodied
Variety Mataro/Mourvedre
Country Australia
Region Great Southern
Australian State WA
Feature High Score
Reviewed By The Australian
The Wine Front
Matthew Jukes
Ray Jordan
Critic Score 99
98
96
Size 750ml
Vintage 2023
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Swinney

The Swinney family's roots in Frankland River stretch back over 100 years.

George John Alexander Swinney was a pioneer of the region, settling a grazing property in Franklands in 1922. Today the property is run by fourth generation brother and sister, Matt and Janelle Swinney. They are taking the family property into great new territory.

Bush vines litter the property. Riesling, Grenache, Syrah and Mourvedre are fining a very happy home on the ironstone slopes above the Frankland River.

Now, with Rhys Thomas as viticulturist and vineyard manager since 2021, and sixth generation winemaker Rob Mann crafting the wines in the cellar, this label is on track to become one of the regional benchmarks in short order.

The Swinney family - Frankland River, WA Swinney

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