An attractive blush color with enticing fresh strawberry and citrus notes on the nose and palate. Balanced acidity and delicate tannins deliver a refreshingly dry finish that encourages further consumption.

The Hesketh Wine Company is a small, family owned, South Australian producer of high quality wines. Their winemaking philosophy has been shaped by family’s extensive involvement in the global wine industry in both the old and new worlds over the past half century. Winemaker Jonathon Hesketh has an impressive pedigree, having worked with premium brands such as Wirra Wirra, Moet and Chandon and Cloudy Bay. His father, Robert, worked in Burgundy, the South of France, the UK, North America and throughout Australia and New Zealand. In 2006 Jonathon and wife Trisha returned to Adelaide to start the Hesketh Wine Company. Each wine is produced from identified, distinguished viticultural sites within each growing region and their fruit sourcing is fastidious. The Hesketh’s believe wine is little without friends, food, music and art. As a result, the labels have been designed as a framework for paintings by emerging contemporary artists.

Technical notes

The Proposition is composed of Chardonnay, Semillon and Shiraz. The base wine is Chardonnay, matured for 12 months with a measured amount of oak to provide structure, flavor and color retention. Free run, cold pressed Semillon from Adelaide Hills provides sweetness and freshness and a splash of full bodied Adelaide Hills Shiraz imparts color, palate structure and complexity.

Producer

The Hesketh Wine Company is a small, family owned, South Australian producer of high quality wines. Their winemaking philosophy has been shaped by family’s extensive involvement in the global wine industry in both the old and new worlds over the past half century. Winemaker Jonathon Hesketh has an impressive pedigree, having worked with premium brands such as Wirra Wirra, Moet and Chandon and Cloudy Bay. His father, Robert, worked in Burgundy and the South of France, the UK and North America and throughout Australia and New Zealand. In 2006 Jonathon and wife Trisha returned to Adelaide to start the Hesketh Wine Company. Each wine is produced from identified, distinguished viticultural sites within each growing region and their fruit sourcing is fastidious. The Hesketh’s believe wine is little without friends, food, music and art. As a result, the labels have been designed as a framework for paintings by emerging contemporary artists.