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Sam Vinciullo

Cowaramup Red/White 2019

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Tasting notes

The mid-fermentation blending of Shiraz and Sauvignon Blanc is technically unusual and delivers something genuinely hard to categorize: raspberry and red-berry fruit with a lift of herbal freshness and a peppery finish. No oak, no filtration, no sulfites — and it still holds together with real clarity and purpose.

BodyFruitTanninAcidity
RaspberryBlack PepperTomato LeafMinerality
  • Style: Light-to-medium red; 55% Shiraz, 45% Sauvignon Blanc; co-fermented; chillable; no sulfites, no oak, no filtration
  • Grapes & Terroir: 55% Shiraz, 45% Sauvignon Blanc; own-rooted, dry-farmed; sandy soils with gravel and ironstone; Cowaramup, Margaret River
  • Winemaking: Fermented separately, blended mid-fermentation; basket pressed; native yeast; no pumps, no oak, no fining, no filtration, no added sulfites
  • Serving: Serve at 55-58F; no decant needed; drink within a year or two of vintage
  • Pairing: Charcuterie, roast chicken, grilled sardines, tomato-herb pasta, soft cheeses
  • Similar To: For fans of light Shiraz or skin-contact whites who want something genuinely unusual

Cowaramup Red/White is a 55% Shiraz and 45% Sauvignon Blanc co-fermentation from Sam Vinciullo's 6.5-hectare farm in Cowaramup, a small town about 15 minutes north of the Margaret River township in Western Australia. The vines are own-rooted, dry-farmed, and range in age from roughly 21 to 35 years old. Soils are predominantly sandy with varying amounts of gravel and ironstone, with patches of sandy loam in lower parts of the Sauvignon Blanc blocks.

Each variety is fermented separately in open-topped plastic fermenters, then pressed off the skins halfway through fermentation. The two juices are blended together to finish fermenting as one. No pumps are used at any stage — all movement is by gravity or bucket. After pressing with a basket press, the wine is bottled directly from the lees with no racking, fining, filtration, oak aging, or added sulfites of any kind.

The result leans toward chillable red territory: bright raspberry fruit and faint herb character from the Sauvignon Blanc, with a thread of pepper and minerality that carries through to the finish. It drinks like a light-to-medium red but has more texture and energy than the category usually delivers.

Serve with a slight chill on it — around 55-58F. Works well alongside charcuterie, roast chicken with herbs, grilled sardines, or a simple tomato-based pasta. The herbal lift from the Sauvignon Blanc makes it particularly good with food that has fresh herb components.

Wine details

Dry/Sweet:, Dry
Wine Type:, Red Wine
Wine Style:, Light Body
Grapes:, Shiraz, Sauvignon Blanc
Farming:, Organic
Vintage:, 2019
Alcohol:, Unknown
Country:, Australia
Region:, Margaret River
Appellation:, Margaret River
Bottle Size:, 750ml
Sugar Level:, Zero Added Sugar

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Producer profile

Sam Vinciullo

Sam Vinciullo grew up in Perth and studied winemaking in Adelaide, graduating in 2005. Over the following years he worked in wineries across Australia and Europe. In 2010 he arrived at Mount Etna in Sicily and worked with Frank Cornelissen, where he developed his understanding of dry farming and minimal-intervention winemaking. In 2013 he began a wine project in Sicily under the label SRC, but that venture ended when his financial partner withdrew. He returned to Western Australia in 2014 and made his first wines under his own name in 2015, sourcing grapes from friends at Si Vintners who farmed without herbicides or systemic chemicals.

In early 2017 Sam took on the lease of a farm in Cowaramup, about 15 minutes north of the Margaret River township. The property totals around 6.5 hectares of vines planted in Shiraz, Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Chardonnay. The vines are own-rooted (ungrafted), dry-farmed — irrigation was stopped immediately upon taking the lease — and farmed organically with some biodynamic practices. Sam handles all pruning, spraying, and harvesting himself. Soils on the property are predominantly sandy with gravel and ironstone on upper slopes and patches of sandy loam in lower Sauvignon Blanc and Chenin Blanc sections. Vines range from approximately 21 to 35 years old.

Grapes are hand-picked and destemmed into large open-topped plastic fermenters. Vinification is entirely by gravity and bucket — no pumps are used at any point. Reds macerate for up to two weeks; whites spend roughly a week on skins. All plunging is done by hand. After basket pressing, wines are settled and bottled directly from the lees without racking, filtration, fining, oak aging, or sulfite additions of any kind. For the Red/White, each variety is fermented separately, then the juices are combined mid-fermentation to finish together as a single wine.

Wine region

Margaret River, Australia

Margaret River sits in the far southwest corner of Western Australia, roughly 270 kilometers south of Perth, on a narrow strip of land flanked by the Indian Ocean to the west and north and the Southern Ocean to the south. This three-sided maritime exposure gives it the most strongly maritime-influenced climate of any major Australian wine region, with a mean annual temperature range of only 7.6 degrees Celsius. Summers are warm and dry, winters are wet, and afternoon sea breezes moderate heat during the growing season. The region receives about 1,160 millimeters of rain annually, with around 80% falling during winter while vines are dormant.

Soils along the central ridge running from Cape Naturaliste to Cape Leeuwin are predominantly gravelly or gritty sandy loam formed directly from underlying granite and gneissic rock. These ancient, nutrient-poor soils naturally limit vine vigor, which concentrates fruit character. Margaret River has no official sub-regions, though viticultural scientist Dr. John Gladstones proposed six informal areas in 1999 based on soil and climate differences: Yallingup, Carbunup, Wilyabrup, Treeton, Wallcliffe, and Karridale. Cowaramup sits within the Carbunup area in the northern part of the region. The GI was formally established in 1996 and the region accounts for roughly 2% of Australia's total wine production but over 20% of its premium wine output. Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay are the benchmark varieties, though Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, and Shiraz also perform well.

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