Lowboi

In 2017 winemaker Guy Lyons (Forest Hill) and his wife Nicola bought the Springviews vineyard on the south side of the dramatically beautiful Porongurup range in Great Southern and created their brand, Lowboi. Planted in 1985, the vineyard orientation is east-west and was established as a dry-grown site, although irrigation was added in '20 due to constant water pressure in the area. The soils are layered laterite gravels with loam and weathered granite. Planted on the south-facing slope is riesling and Gingin clone chardonnay. Their grüner veltliner comes from the Lyons family farm in Mount Barker. The ‘Lowboi’ name originates from the farm Lyons’ mother grew up on in the Great Southern shire of Tambellup. -ERIN LARKIN