Place: Great Southern, WA

Variety: Malbec

Farming: Organic

Express Winemakers, led by Ryan O’Meara, carries the flag for all things crunchy, juicy and guzzleable in Western Australia.

From the organically farmed L’Enclos du Tertre vineyard in Frankland River, the fruit was hand-picked and then destemmed directly to an open-top fermenter. After a week and a half, it was all basket pressed to neutral oak for nine months. This is the malbec we expect from Ryan: varietally pure in its dark-fruited disposition, but with that lightness that forms the DNA of Express.