Collection: Mount Mary 2024 Release

The weather in November 2023 was relatively dry, allowing for a fairly uninterrupted flowering and fruit set period. Thanks to these favourable conditions, crop levels were pleasingly a little higher than in the previous three years. October and January were particularly wet, while November and December provided some ideal growing conditions, with relatively warm, dry weather. February and March are arguably the most important months of the growing season from a wine quality and stylistic point of view, and in ‘24, warm and dry weather prevailed through both, accelerating sugar accumulation. Picking decisions became a balancing act between sugar levels, acid degradation and adequate phenolic ripeness.

In 2024, we struggled to ripen the Cabernet franc to ideal ripeness levels, so the 2024 Quintet has one of the lowest Cabernet franc percentages we have seen in a Quintet, at 5%. We have no doubt this has resulted in a far stronger wine than would have been the case with our more common 15 to 17% Cabernet franc.

The Triolet varieties truly thrive in warmer seasons, and we believe ‘24 has produced one of the strongest wines we have seen in a decade or more from this beloved blend.