The Wine: Disco Special Red 2019
Jauma Disco Special Red is a red natural wine made from dry-farmed organic Grenache and Shiraz grapes in the Basket Range region of Adelaide Hills, Australia. The grapes are tank-fermented and then bottled with no added sulfites - the wine is unfined and unfiltered. Jauma Disco Special Red is a light to medium red wine with notes of raspberry, cherry and rhubarb. Serve slightly chilled.
The Producer: Jauma
James Erskine
James has a background in cookery, sommelier work and an honors degree in Agricultural science specializing in soil chemistry. 2008 Gourmet Traveller Australian Sommelier of the year, Negociants working with wine fellow 2008, Chief Judge and co-ordinator Adelaide Review Hot 100 wine show 2010-2013. Founding member of Natural Selection Theory.
Mark Warner
Living in Sydney Mark stumbled across Jauma’s preservative-free creations, he reached out and the pair started working together in 2015. With a thirst for knowledge, Mark’s hands-on approach to winemaking is in balance here. He takes just as much from James’s science brain as he does from his hippy-like sentience. It makes for good arguments, better agreements, and healthier booze.
Fiona Wood
Fiona consults Jauma in vineyard management. She trained and worked as a chef but when her father Ralph purchased some superb land on the ironstone ridge of Clarendon, Fiona returned to study viticulture. Fiona together with partner David Swann, runs a viticultural consultancy as well as their own vineyards.
The Region: McLaren Vale