As a person who likes detail and a bit of nerdy and geekiness, I like to drill down into the smallest quirkeries and metrics that we face in winemaking. My philosophy is not so much a rubric. It’s more that I try to make wines that reflect the sense of place, making them in a way that is non-interventionist; it’s to try and reflect those qualities in the glass.

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The emphasis has to be on the vineyard first, but I also believe that the maturation cycle plays a second important role whilst the winemaking is arguably only third.  My belief stems from the fact that the time the vine and bunches have grown is over a six-month period whilst the wine will mature for an equally if not longer time. The winemaking whilst covering the first 30 days of the wine's life and is important to steer correctly, there are many facets that need attention during the maturation cycle that make the wine veer off track.