Oooooh weeee. What a wine. This jumps out of the glass, with its stunning golden colour and an aroma of mixed nuts, grilled lemon and dried flowers. It's mildly salty, with plenty of character. It derives much of it's power and texture from extended skin contact, and yet it doesn't come across as hard or edgy. Instead it's alluring and piquant, with plenty to enjoy.

Yelland & Papps doesn't quite fit the mould of the traditional Barossa Valley estate. For starters, they've only been around since 2005. Whilst 15 years is pretty solid going in our book, the Barossa is host to famous family names that date back to the late 1800s, so in that sense they are very much newcomers! That hasn't stopped them establishing their family name as one to watch out for, with a suite of wines built for the modern Australian palate. Owners Michael and Susan Papps own a small vineyard on the valley floor, outside the town of Nuriootpa in the Barossa Valley. In the winery there a focus on using a lot of whole bunch fermentation, no filtration, larger format oak and a minimum of mucking around. All the wines are wild fermented, unfined, vegan friendly and the sense of deliciousness is writ large across the range. Whilst not blessed with the history of some of their neighbours, they have been blessed with the opportunity to own a piece of local history, in the form of their own estate. They respect and cherish this history, and their wines certainly do them proud.