Winemaking philosophy
Our winemaking philosophy is best described in three parts.
1.) Our first goal is to produce wines that taste of the variety they are made from and of the region they are grown in.
This comes from making the wines in the vineyard. If the fruit is grown correctly, then minimal winemaker intervention is needed to make high quality wine and the wines inevitably retain a sense of place. Whether it be the warmth of the Barossa Valley, the crisp air and stoney soils of Marlborough or the cooling ocean influence of McLaren Vale, it is all captured in the bottle.
2.) Our second goal is to produce wines with what we like to describe as 'drinkability'. This is more traditionally known as balance.
Balance in wine is a trait that is often overlooked in the pursuit of sheer power. Power in wine is great, but not at the expense of balance. Wine should be a social lubricant that can be enjoyed with food, friends and healthy conversation. It shouldn't be something that sends you to sleep. Drinkability is also directly linked to our first goal, because balance in wine results directly from management of the fruit in the vineyard.
3.) Finally, we limit our wines to those made from the most celebrated grape varieties, from only the most acclaimed regions for producing those varieties, wherever they may be, anywhere in the world.
So what does this mean for the drinker of our wines?
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It means that by staying very focussed on what each region does best, you inevitably make better wine. Any Hesketh wine can be enjoyed safe in the knowledge that it's the right expression of that grape variety, from the very best region for producing it.
The vineyards that produce the fruit for our wines are also pinpointed within the website, so you can identify the actual bits of dirt that produce the fruit that's in your glass.
Quite simple really - Wines made in the vineyards of the best growing regions.
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