The Brash Higgins ‘MCC’ is a highly-perfumed blend of Mataro, Cinsault and Carignan. It’s a graceful wine, more of modern spin bowler than the bodyline bowlers of the past. The medium-pale colour suggests softness, as do the aromas of strawberries, kola, peonies and apricot. Silky and sweetly natural, it echoes the low-intervention red wines of the Languedoc, but with even softer tannins and more ethereal character. The Mataro (Mourvèdre) was 100% whole-bunch fermented, whilst 60% of the Cinsault and 40% of the Carignan was destemmed, with a two-and-a-half-week maceration period. The wine then spent twelve months in eight to ten-year-old 300-litre French oak barrels before being bottled unfined. 12.5% alc. Drink now-2024.

Sustainably farmed

Press Reviews:

Decanter: “Chicago-born Brad Hickey was given the nickname ‘Brash Higgins’ when he moved to McLaren Vale (via Paris, Oregon and New York City) in 2007. Here, 60% whole-bunch Mataro meets Cinsault and Carignan. It all spends 20 days on skins before co-fermenting in neutral oak hogsheads. A mouthwatering melange of ripe red cherry, perfumed rose and exotic spices - wild and honest.” 93 points & ‘Must-Try Red’