Jauma ARCHIE’S Tucked in the Basket Range region of the Hills in Southern MCLAREN VALE SHIRAZ Australia, James Erskine of Jauma makes wines alongside partner Mark Warner in a Shed (small winery) set up in one of the original sandstone buildings of the region built in 1867. Vineyard manager Fiona Wood completes the triumvirate, forming a team that has quickly stepped into the spotlight for Natural Australian wines. Varietal/Blend: 100% Shiraz Farming Practices: organic, transitioning to dry farming Harvest Technique: by hand Yeast: ambient Fermentation: spontaneous fermentation in neutral French barrels / nothing added / nothing taken away Though the bottles have lighthearted, cheerful labels and the wines, whether Maturation: brief time in bottle before release still or sparkling, are bottled under colorful crown caps, the efforts in the Sulfur: none added vineyards and cellar are far from halfhearted. Fruit here is always farmed Alcohol: 13% organically, is always hand pruned and hand harvested. The vineyards are all Fined: none dry farmed or being weaned off irrigation in the next few years. In the cellar, Filtered: none ferments are wild, nothing is fined or filtered, and sulfur is never added. Wine Country: Australia is moved by gravity, and there are no needs for added enzymes and acids. Region: McLaren Vale Production #s: 400cs James’ primary passion is , but a Grenache unlike what anyone has seen in the states before. These are not the high-octane wines of the “Here's a medium-bodied Shiraz of upfront, open past. By starting in the vineyard, working with many of the small growers in fruit with a back bone of delicious structure, it's organically farmed, naturally vinified and packed McLaren Vale and Clarendon that Big Australia companies have overlooked, with joyful power.” Winemaker’s notes the name Jauma has become synonymous with fresh, lively wines that tend to be low in alcohol, have plenty of acidity and leave you reaching for a second bottle to open for your friends. James also works with Chenin Blanc, Shiraz, and , and was Australia’s first pet-nat producer, exploring this style since 2011.

A founding member of the Natural Theory Selection, James was well known in the scene before the start of Jauma, being named Australia’s Gourmet Traveler Sommelier of the year in 2008 and leading as Chief Judge for ’s largest wine show the Adelaide Review Hot100. [email protected] 212-233-1504