Place: Magpie Springs — Adelaide Hills, SA

Variety: Merlot

Farming: Biodynamic

Anton’s wines are nothing if not enigmatic idiosyncratic expressions of fruit and terroir that don’t see filtering, fining, or additions of any kind. Ever-evolving, you’ll never have the same experience twice and each bottle is as wild as the Wildman himself!

This is unashamedly bold Merlot that spends its adolescence in big and old oak. It’s dark-fruited—black plum and cassis—but has a saline black olive perimeter that reveals a pleasant rusticity. A very good release!