Italian, meaning 'high hill'; the name of the village in Friuli-Venezia Giulia in north-eastern Italy from which our grandfather, Mio Tosolini, emigrated to Australia in the 1920s; and captures the essence of the cool climate Adelaide Hills vineyard, which rises to a height of 460 metres above sea level, and from which the grapes used to make this wine come - and nowhere else.

This is unashamedly a 'bells and whistles' Chardonnay (i.e. barrell fermented, full flavoured and complex) but is also very carefully a product of the cool, fresh Adelaide Hills. 

2016 was the earliest vintage in the winemaker's memory, due in a large part to an early start in spring 2015, followed by a summer with few heatwaves, but consistently warmer-than-average conditions. Generous crops rewarded those who managed their vines for the conditions, keeping a few extra shoots and leaves to balance what nature provided. The fruit was harvested with lovely natural acidity despite the early repening period.

Fertile brown loam over clay, with thinner topsoil areas on the ridges with broken shale and stone. Undulating with some very steep areas that provide (optimal) North and North-East facing orientation and aspect.