The Ironstone Pressings | Grenache Shiraz Mourvèdre roussane The palate is pleasant and

The palate is pleasant and dry

olive trees have thrived in McLaren Vale

The Dirtman 2022 vintage has been matured in new and seasoned American and French oak and features intense aromas of ripe stone fruit and spice

leading to a long delicate finish of fine chalky tannins

Since European settlement in the 1840's

The Ironstone Pressings | Grenache Shiraz Mourvèdre roussane The palate is pleasant andWine Family: The Icons Tasting Notes: Behind the Name: Most of McLaren Vale's acclaimed and historic vineyards are impregnated with ancient, decomposed laterite granite known as ironstone. Its extraordinary rusty red brown colour is derived from the iron oxides present in the stone. The larger pieces were cleared from the vineyards in the late 1880's and utilised in many of the buildings at d'Arenberg, most notably the old stables.