The wine flavours of McLaren Vale come from the interplay between winds moving in from the Southern Ocean and the heat of the continent.
McLaren Vale rests in an unusual embayment created by the Wilunga fault which allows for numerous micro climates. These differences vary between those vineyards close to the ocean and those jammed into the far north-east corner of Blewitt Springs-Clarendon.
Indeed this part of the South Australian coastline has four similar embayment’s: McLaren Vale, Reynella, Adelaide and further north, the plains of Angle Vale. Regrettable that our chances of studying the differences of the southern three is lost due to urban sprawl consuming the vineyards of Adelaide and Reynella. It is probably agreed by most winemakers that the Angle Vale plains are simply too warm for fine wine.
