Phase Three Wines
Small Batch
Bold
Authentic
Home of the 'Dero'
Our Wines
Our wines are born from joy, crafted together as a family, right here on our farm.
We hand select exceptional vineyards - mostly old vines -and create in tiny parcels with a no compromise philosophy.
Whole cluster fermentations, gravity led transfers, and minimal intervention let the fruit speak for itself.
At blending, we’re ruthlessly selective, choosing only the finest barrels to capture the season at its best. Each bottle is unfined, unfiltered, and unmistakably ours.
WINE FRONT REVIEW - DERO 2022 VINTAGE
"This release is a blend of five vineyards, Barossa and Eden Valleys, and is the only wine to come out of this project for commercial release in 2022. While the five vineyards combine, there is also a barrel of 2021 Dero in the wine, a barrel of 2021 Le Bomb and a splash of pinot noir. There’s a lot of winemaking and blending that goes into this wine, dare we say a bit reminiscent of the Sami Odi motif, albeit not quite the mathematics there. That being said, big effort to get five vineyards, largely whole bunch, to ferment away and then blend and add in a parcel that spends extended time on skins, plus the cellared wine, and the pinot noir, all together and coherent and 13.9% alcohol. Only eight barrels of sixteen produced made it into this wine.
It’s a ripper. It has this levity and freshness that Barossa shiraz can miss, yet maintains this swarthy depth, grunt and lavish array of spice, wood seasoning, herbal inflection, ripe and less ripe fruit character, Italianate tannin and general crunch. Scents of red berries, black cherry, cocoa powder, Aussie bush, sandalwood and Chinese five spice. Flavours similarly set, gnarly in the weave of sandy tannin with a cool undertow of maraschino cherry juice spiked with a orangey tang, orange amaro and crushed rock minerality. A reserved, almost nebbiolo-like tension and compactness. Sheesh, gulp away!"
Rated : 96 Points
Tasted : OCT23
Alcohol : 13.9%
Closure : Diam
Drink : 2023 - 2030
THE BEGINNING
Phase Three
We make wine to drink, and we are happy to share a little...
The third phase of our journey and life together.
Back in NSW. After having our first child. Then taking the leap to leave our regular wine retail & food industry jobs.
We started our own Fish & Chip shop on the Central Coast. After many years of the Seven day a week 9am to 9pm grind. Our desire was ever increasing to have more time to spend with the family.
With no real plan other than to plant a few Truffle Inoculated Oak Trees, but as yet no property to do it. We packed the car with six year old Laura, one week old George, two dogs & a budgie and headed to the Barossa to begin our Third Phase
THE JOURNEY
Our Farm
We are fortunate to now be the caretakers of this beautiful local heritage listed blue stone cottage built in the late 1800’s. Our 38 acre property is in the G.I of Eden Valley and in close proximity to some very esteemed vineyards.
In our short time here we have planted three small vineyards plots using cuttings from these local vineyards that produce our beloved Syrah "Home of the Dero"
In addition, we produce both Black & White Truffles from our two Truffieres that we planted with French & English Oak along with Hazelnut & Stone Pines
The remainder of the property is dedicated to native wildlife and sheep grazing and any other animals my wife decides to bring home & dodgy little motorbike jumps!
