Henry Frost Sangiovese
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2025
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Wood-fired pizza, rich tomato-based pasta ragu, grilled lamb chops
✨ Technical Specifications
While Scotchmans Hill is celebrated for its cool-climate estate on the Bellarine Peninsula, the Henry Frost range allows the winemaking team to explore premier regions of South Australia. Named in honor of local pioneering heritage, this range focuses on delivering expressive, fruit-driven wines with structural integrity. The Henry Frost Sangiovese is a contemporary Australian expression of Italy's famous Tuscan grape. Sourced from select South Australian vineyards where warm days and cool nights allow the variety to thrive, the wine is crafted using traditional fermentation techniques to retain its bright cherry fruit, savory dried herb complexity, and characteristic dusty, food-friendly tannins.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1982 by David and Vivienne Browne on an erstwhile dairy farm, Scotchmans Hill stands as the pioneer and quintessential benchmark estate of Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula within the Geelong wine region. Perched atop the peninsula's extinct volcanic outcrop, the vineyards benefit from fertile black basaltic clays over limestone subsoils, complemented by maritime microclimates moderated by Port Phillip Bay and the Southern Ocean. Under the stewardship of long-tenured Chief Winemaker Robin Brockett, who joined the fold in 1988, the estate champions low-intervention viticulture certified under Sustainable Winegrowing Australia. Brockett's cellar philosophy prioritizes site-driven purity, native fermentations, sensitive French oak integration, and extended lees maturation. Scotchmans Hill produces distinguished cold-climate expressions, most notably its flagship Estate and Cornelius Chardonnay, tactile Pinot Gris, and estate Sauvignon Blanc, alongside celebrated regional ventures like the Henry Frost Riesling and approachable Jack & Jill tiers.
🍇 Grapes
Sangiovese