Marchand & Burch

A joint venture between Canadian-born and Burgundian-trained Pascal Marchand and Burch Family Wines. Grapes are sourced from single vineyards and, in most cases, from single blocks within them (4.51ha of chardonnay and 3.95ha of pinot noir, variously situated in Mount Barker and Porongurup). Biodynamic practices underpin the viticulture in the Australian and French vineyards, and Burgundian viticultural techniques have been adopted here (e.g. narrow rows and high-density plantings, Guyot pruning, VSP and leaf and lateral shoot removal). -JAMES HALLIDAY