The small community of Franklinford sits in the North Western corner of the Macedon Ranges, 10 minutes drive north of Daylesford. The vineyard sits near the foothills of Lalgambrook (Mt Franklin) on rich dark volcanic basalt.
The Franklinford Dolcetto is as always very dark in colour; it offers aromas of aniseed, pepper, orange peel, freshly turned earth and cooked blackberries. It is a powerful wine that is also in some sense elegant for its size. Cooked blackberries are at the forefront but there is ample tannin and acidity. This year it feels lighter in some senses although still fully ripe and warming. There is a refreshing simplicity to the wine yet it is also complex.