Having always wanted to make a Grenache and a variety that is making its own cult following in the region, Ben was drawn to a parcel of McLaren Vale fruit in which 100-year-old Grenache vines were destined to be bulldozed. After witnessing the destruction of the 'Vine Pull Scheme' of the 1980's where a majority of old vine Grenache was decimated in the region, he was determined to make sure these gnarly old vines were set to live longer - the rest they say is history.