At the risk of being accused of being lazy when it comes to writing tasting notes, here goes: This is a quote taken from the very first tasting note for the Puritan, written way back in 2010, from Joch Bosworth, grower and maker: “It was the style of the wine that came first, for me, and the preservative-free aspect came second," Joch said: ‘The important thing is it's a good McLaren Vale shiraz," he said. "Everything else follows after that." So, same as it ever was! We pick Shiraz from various blocks (see below) when they are flavour and sugar ripe and crush and ferment them in small open vessels. Once through ferment they go into tanks where we wait for the various components to go through ‘malo’ (malolactic fermentation) before bottling. Puritan spends no time in oak whatsoever. Vegan Friendly