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Younger than 500 million years LEGEND
Burnham Limestone
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Holocene (11 700 years to present day) SEMAPHORE SAND MEMBER: Quartz beach sand SEMAPHORE SAND MEMBER: Coastal dune sand Beach gravel
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Unconsolidated sand dunes, drapes and spreads
Talus gravel, sand and clay Alluvial sand in active stream channels Alluvial clay of raised terraces of Onkaparinga River
MMAD Vineyard Chenin Blanc 2023
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Happy Valley Reservoir
Alluvial clay of valleys
Hallett Cove
Pleistocene (2.6 million to 11 700 years)
OCHRE COVE FORMATION: Iron-mottled pebbly sandstone KURRAJONG FORMATION: Clayey sand and silica-cemented conglomerate BURNHAM LIMESTONE: Fine-grained limestone PIRRAMIMMA SANDSTONE and SEAFORD FORMATION: Yellow and buff sandstone, pebbly sandstone, clay NGALTINGA FORMATION: Grey and red mottled clay; commonly capped with calcrete CHRISTIES BEACH FORMATION: Alluvial fan clay, sand and gravel
Following the heights of the 2022 vintage, the 2023 is leading the charge once again for a modern linear style of Chenin Blanc. This 2023 throwing out lifted perfume of calla lily, fresh linen and yellow grapefruit pith. There is hulled almonds and raw cashew cream, kefir acidity and a coconut water freshness. Wet stone, crystal melon and white-rind cheese. It has an exfoliating, almost gritty sensation that adds further dimension and texture. A long, extended flavour palate hits the nail on the head for the moreish, drinkable quality it’s gaining a reputation for. Ideal with steamed clams and ginger sauce. Drink now–2025
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Pliocene (5.3 to 2.6 million years)
Clarendon
HALLETT COVE SANDSTONE: Calcareous fossiliferous sandstone
Lonsdale
Iron-cemented surface on bedrock
Oligocene (34 to 23 million years) PORT WILLUNGA FORMATION: Fossiliferous limestone
Mount Bold
SOUTH MOUNT LOFTY RANGES
Reservoir
Eocene (56 to 34 million years)
O'Sullivan Beach
Carboniferous–Permian (c. 300 million years) CAPE JERVIS FORMATION: Pebbly and bouldery claystone; sandy, laminated claystone with dropstones NORTH MASLIN and SOUTH MASLIN SANDS: Cross-bedded medium and coarse-grained sand BLANCHE POINT FORMATION: Glauconitic, fossiliferous calcareous siltstone; hard cherty bands; glauconitic TORTACHILLA LIMESTONE at base Iron-cemented sand (?NORTH MASLIN SAND)
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MCLAREN FLAT ROAD Kangarilla
Bekkers McLaren Vale Syrah Grenache 2022
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G 96
Port Noarlunga
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Deep crimson. Inky, chinotto dark plum, elderberry, blackberry aromas with hint marzipan, praline note. The palate is beautifully concentrated, with plentiful dark berry, roasted chestnut, marzipan, slightly dark chocolaty flavours, and fine slinky yet sinuous textures. Finishes chalky and minerally with chinotto notes. A superb
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McLaren Vale
Ochre Point
Rocla North
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Fruit is sourced from 46% Clarendon and 54% Seaview in the incarnation. This is the first inclusion of the Clarendon vineyard site into this wine bottling. Matured 56% new French oak puncheons. Blackberries on the bush, hibiscus and sandalwood. Bing cherries, hawthorn and Kalamata olive pit. There is a balsamic note on the baseline with sparks of purple florals. A twinge of lavender here and there. The even ripeness of fruit is profound on the palate with sweet cherries taking centre stage. Acidity is long, and stretched like a violin string; tannins are fine and powdery. It’s a vintage that displays the compact clarity of McLaren Vale fruit, instantly seductive but with true grit and soul for the long haul. Drink now and will cellar beautifully for 8–10 years onwards. A nice dish to accompany it might be Dover sole on the bone with black olives and native greens. Drink now–2034 Coriole Vita Reserve Sangiovese 2022 G 96 Matured for 20 months in seasoned oak. Well, this is coffee and spice and all things nice, a delectably edible wine. Morello cherries, wild hibiscus and blood plums. Orange bitters, espresso and tiramisu. Cinnamon quills, walnut and cedar. Tidal wave of thrilling acidity and a sand blast of tannins but all held in place by exquisite fruit. This is a demonstration in why Reserve wines are worth your dollars and sense! Drinking beautifully now and will age glacially. Bravo, Coriole. Drink now–2034
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Port Willunga
Older than 500 million years LEGEND
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DELAMERIAN OROGENY: Folding and cleavage formation, c. 500 million years Barite vein Quartz vein NORMANVILLE GROUP: c. 520 million years FORK TREE LIMESTONE: Pale grey limestone with archaeocyaths HEATHERDALE SHALE: Dark grey, slaty siltstone with black phosphate nodules
Willunga
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SELLICK HILL FORMATION: Dark grey, ribboned, silty limestone WANGKONDA FORMATION: Massive, dark grey limestone
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MOUNT TERRIBLE FORMATION: Arkosic grit, overlain by siltstone and sandstone
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WILPENA GROUP: c. 600 million years BUNYEROO FORMATION: Maroon, fine-grained siltstone ABC RANGE QUARTZITE: White, cross-bedded quartzite
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PORT STANVAC SANDSTONE MEMBER: Laminated and cross-bedded red sandstone
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SEACLIFF SANDSTONE: Pale grey and red sandstone, quartzite and red siltstone BRACHINA FORMATION: Red and green siltstone and fine-grained sandstone NUCCALEENA FORMATION: Laminated pink dolomite UMBERATANA GROUP: c. 650 million years REYNELLA SILTSTONE MEMBER: Mostly massive siltstone with small rock fragments
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ELATINA FORMATION: Pink-brown sandstone with red granule bands
TAPLEY HILL FORMATION: Calcareous siltstone and sandstone; intraclastic and stromatolitic limestone BRIGHTON LIMESTONE: Massive oolitic limestone WILMINGTON FORMATION: Massive, green-grey, fine-grained sandstone Laminated to rippled, grey to green siltstone MARINO ARKOSE: Lime-cemented, gritty arkose and minor limestone ANGEPENA FORMATION: Rippled, mud-cracked, red siltstone; fine-grained sandstone Dark grey, very thinly laminated, slaty siltstone TINDELPINA SHALE MEMBER: Laminated, pyritic, black shale and dolomite
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STURT TILLITE: Massive, cleaved, pebbly and boulder siltstone (diamictite)
Gritty arkose lenses
Sandstone layers Laminated siltstone layers
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285000 BURRA GROUP: c. 750 million years BELAIR SUBGROUP: Laminated, grey siltstone Quartzite layers MITCHAM QUARTZITE: Massive, coarse-grained, feldspathic quartzite 286000 287000 288000 289000 STONYFELL QUARTZITE: Feldspathic quartzite, sandstone, siltstone SADDLEWORTH FORMATION: Laminated dark grey and green siltstone Quartzite layers PALAEOPROTEROZOIC BASEMENT (c. 1600 million years) BAROSSA COMPLEX: Gneiss, schist ALDGATE SANDSTONE: Feldspathic, pebbly sandstone; heavy mineral cross-laminations MONTACUTE DOLOMITE: Blue-grey, thinly bedded dolomite with black chert lenses WOOLSHED FLAT SHALE: Laminated and sandy grey-green siltstone Brecciated WOOLSHED FLAT SHALE
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GEOLOGY OF THE McLAREN VALE WINE REGION
South Australia 2024
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Source: McLaren Vale Grape Wine & Tourism Association
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