John Duval is the sixth generation of his family to grow grapes in South Australia, but only the first to transition from grape growing to winemaking. He began his winemaking career at Penfolds in 1974. Here, he was mentored for 12 years by the legendary Max Schubert, creator of ‘Grange’, one of Australia’s most coveted wines. In 1986 John was appointed Chief Winemaker at Penfolds, where he continued the ‘Grange’ legacy, making some of its most celebrated vintages, before leaving to found his own, eponymous winery in 2003.
The Marsanne is sourced from the warm Marananga region in the Northern Grounds area of Barossa Valley, where soils are predominantly red-yellow brown loams over red clay. The Roussanne was sourced from the Kalimna region and the Viognier from a cooler site in the higher altitude Eden Valley region.
