Spring Seed Wines are made from grapes lovingly grown in the Bosworth family’s organic vineyards, located in the premium wine region of McLaren Vale, South Australia.
The vineyards were established in the early 1970s by Peter and Anthea Bosworth, and are now owned and run by their son Joch (and partner Louise Hemsley-Smith), who began the conversion to organic viticulture in 1995.
The vines are fully certified ‘A’ grade organic by Australian Certified Organic (ACO P/L ), a process that takes four years and involves yearly audits and random sampling of produce.
Joch Bosworth also makes Battle of Bosworth wines using grapes from our organically grown and certified vineyards, please visit here.
Spring Seed Wines are made from grapes lovingly grown in our family's organic vineyard located in the premium wine region of McLaren Vale, South Australia. The vineyard was established in the early 1970's by Peter and Anthea Bosworth, and is now owned and run by their son Joch, who began the conversion to organic viticulture in 1995. The vines are fully certified 'A' grade organic by Australian Certified Organic. a process that takes four years and involves yearly audits and random sampling of produce.
The Spring Seed Wine labels are unashamedly inspired by vintage flower seed packets created at the turn of the last century. The colour, clarity and beauty of the original seed packets are quite remarkable. We chose three different flower images to adorn each one of our McLaren Vale wines, simply because they are quite lovely. The Cockscomb Cabernet Sauvignon displays the Cockscomb (Celosia cockscomb), Ageratum (Ageratum houstonianum) and Balsam (Impatiens balsamina) labels.
'Cockscomb' Cabernet Sauvignon
Winemaking
We made the Spring Seed Cabernet in a very similar fashion to its big brother, the Battle of Bosworth Cabernet Sauvignon. That is, we fermented the grapes in open fermenters, and allowed the wine to finish ferment in a mixture of new and old French and American oak. The only real difference is the amount of new oak. The Spring Seed spent significantly less time in new oak than the Battle Cabernet. Otherwise, another cracking Cabernet out of the Bozzie stable.
Tasting Notes
The colour of the Cockscomb is almost purple – it is after all a young wine. On the nose it shows bright blue fruits; violets and red currants. The palate is bright and fresh too, with red fruit and a very slight hint of varietal mint. The wine has fine tannin and a very pleasing length.
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