Les Fruits, Tullah 2021

Les Fruits’ wines are made in a selection of sheds in the Adelaide Hills region of Australia. They get their grapes from here, Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale, from organic and/or biodynamic vineyards. The Les Fruits philosophy is essentially ‘do nothing’, or at least do nothing for as long as possible until it absolutely needs to be done. In their own words, more ‘no-fi’ than ‘lo-fi’. The wines are unfined and unfiltered, with only a modest dose of sulphur at bottling. Les, the winemaker, started life as a sommelier, then segwayed into wine distribution after helping some of his friends sell their wines around town, before finally starting his own winemaking project after being inspired by his time working with small, traditional producers in France.