Monapilla Vineyard , McLaren Vale

Viticulturists, Brian and Mark Beal.

Located at the base of the Willunga Foothills in the central part of the McLaren Vale wine region, this vineyard is the happy result of hard work by father and son team, Brian and Mark Beal. Planted in 1992 on a westerly aspect on dark loam soils over limestone, grapes from this vineyard went into the very first Mr Riggs Shiraz, the 2001 vintage and continues to supply the current vintage Shiraz and Shiraz Viognier.
Monapilla vineyard is virtually dry grown, as the soil has excellent water holding capacity, and the focus is very much on low yields of high quality grapes. Planted to a standard McLaren Vale set up of 3 metre rows, the vines are spur pruned by hand to a vertical shoot position double cordon. The warm Mediterranean summer temperatures are moderated by the often-fierce gully winds, which come down from the hills in the early evening. Monapilla vineyard is a prime McLaren Vale Shiraz vineyard.

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