David Franz

wine
the liquid offerings of barossa gold
Wines to Stuff in your fridge…

2008
Cellar Release Eden Valley Riesling
2011
Long Gully Road Semillon
2011
Brother’s Ilk Chardonnay
2009
Red Rose
2006
Cellar Release Red Rose

Three Kids and a dog!

2007 Benjamin’s Promise Shiraz 2004 Cellar Release Benjamin’s Promise Shiraz 2007 Alexander’s Reward Shiraz Cabernet
2003 Cellar Release Alexander’s Reward Shiraz Cabernet
2007 Georgie’s Walk Cabernet Sauvignon

2003 Cellar Release Georgie’s Walk Cabernet Sauvignon 2002 Cellar Release Georgie’s Walk Cabernet Sauvignon 2001 Cellar Release Georgie’s Walk Cabernet Sauvignon NV Larrikin III Shiraz Cabernet Grenache Mataro

A Couple of Scoundrels!

2009 Smoking Jim Slaughterhouse Merlot Mal’s Blend Non Vintage Shiraz Cabernet 2010 bottle

It’s All about Aromatics

2010 Blocker’s Road Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2010 Plane Turning Right Adelaide Hills Merlot Cabernet Petit Verdot

Top Shelf Unlimited

2002 ‘225’ Cabernet Sauvignon – Single Barrique Freak –
POP Wine – issue 1 – 2006 Barossa CSG
POP Wine – issue 2 – 2007 Greenock Grenache
nicole nv, 2010 hand disgorged cab shiraz – 4 years on lees

Finishers, One and All

2010 ‘Sticky’ Late Harvest Riesling
2008 ‘VP Crazy’ Shiraz Cabernet Liqueur
Old Redemption XO, Exceptionally Old Tawny ‘AD 2000’ 1979 Shiraz Cabernet Vintage Port

When I finally came home to the Barossa, the desire to make wine was burning bright. Peter (my father) in his wisdom set me to work as a labourer in our vineyards. As he put it, “first you have to understand where wine is really made”.

Through experience and great mentors, my knowledge and passion for our vines has grown. I now manage the family’s Stelzer and Stonewell Hill vineyards (around 75 acres). Carte blanche in the vineyards has allowed for a focus on producing fruit of the highest quality, without compromising for the sake of yields. In real terms it means that I produce my wines from the vine to the bottle. Pruning is where the journey starts, not just when the grapes are picked and arrive at the winery.

As you may have gathered, I am very passionate about the fruit I produce and wines I make. You can savour my wines in the knowledge that they have been nurtured first for a year on the vines then crafted for a few months in the winery before 4 years maturation in wood and the bottle. Each bottle of wine is carefully hand printed and wrapped before being placed in a hand printed carton then sent out into the wide world to find their way to you.