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“Sublime pedigree and dramatic sense of place.” - Swinney

by Dave Shoobert | Sep 16, 2025

“If you’re hunting the best of Australian wine then Swinney – in the Frankland River region of Western Australia – is simply a producer that you need to be familiar with." Campbell Mattinson, Australia’s Best Wineries

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“Winemaker Rob Mann, since his return from Newton Vineyards in the Napa Valley in 2018, has ushered in a new era of success for the vineyard, with his experience, his seemingly irrepressible ability to coax perfectly ripe, ductile tannins from the vineyard and his unwavering belief that great wine is made in the vineyard.” Erin Larkin, Robert Parker's 'The Wine Advocate'

“There is a very bright future for Matt [Swinney] and Rob [Mann], and I have a feeling that these wines will gain a cult following in the UK just as they have in Australia, where many of these wines are sold on allocation only.” Matthew Jukes

“Swinney is the complete package.” Max Allen

“One of Australia’s finest versions of the [Grenache] variety, born of excellent farming and a unique place.” Mike Bennie

2025 Riesling

Offer $41

93 Points

"Neat and tidy winemaking, plus the significant site, conspire to create a tightly wound, tangy and refreshing expression of classic lines and intense acidity. It's piercing and zesty, with limes, pink grapefruit, just-ripe cumquat, a light talc note, some slate and steel, with a briny mineral profile in there, too. Compact, youthful and vigorous. A delicious drink, offering key simplicity with some pizzazz."

Mike Bennie, Halliday Wine Companion

2024 Grenache

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94 Points

"A delightfully fragrant, light to medium-bodied grenache from bush vines on the Wilson's Pool Vineyard. The season was challenging, requiring significant fruit to be dropped and careful hand harvesting to ensure only the best grapes were used. The wine was barrel-sorted and gravity-fed into small wooden and stainless steel fermenters, with a higher percentage of whole bunch added during wild fermentation to build structure. Aromas of high-toned red fruit, rose petals and a slight earthiness flow through to a bright, seamlessly integrated palate that extends to a long finish"

Ray Jordan, rayjordanwine.com.au

2024 Mourvedre

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95 Points

"This comes from dry-grown bush vines, was wild fermented, and spent eleven days on skins; matured in used, large-format oak barrels. Violet floral lift, scents of game meat, a good dose of cinnamon, garam masala, dried cranberry, dark cherry and cola. The palate is similarly set up – chewy and dusty with slender tannins, a core of dark fruit and woody spice, game meat finishes and is accompanied by herbs (fresh, dried and cool). It's a finely tuned expression, pure and fine boned, detailed with fruit, spice and savoury elements. Fantastic drinking"

Mike Bennie, Halliday Wine Companion

2024 Syrah

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95 Points

"This is a sinewy, taut, textural, medium-weight red wine laden with green herbs and spice, chewy cranberry, dark cherry, mulberry and a good shake of clove spice. A bit of ginger biscuit, some cinnamon bark notes, a curious quinine element, too; pleasingly bitter and spicy, again. Tannins find an emery board texture, a good chomp and chew, and stretch the wine long. This feels very 'syrah' all up. It's beautifully composed, albeit a touch on edge in youth, but it will settle wonderfully"

Mike Bennie, Halliday Wine Companion