Head Wines
	Lot 1, Stonewell Road, Stonewell, SA 5352
	Barossa Valley
	0413 114 233
	www.headwines.com.au
	By appt
	Alex Head
	2006
	900

Head Wines is the intriguing, but highly focused, venture of Alex Head, who came into the wine industry in 1997 with a degree in biochemistry from Sydney University. Experience in fine wine retail stores, wholesale importers and an auction house was followed by vintage work at wineries he particularly admired: Tyrrell's, Torbreck, Laughing Jack and Cirillo Estate. The labelling and naming of the wines reflects his fascination with the Northern Rhône Valley, and, in particular, Côte-Rôtie. The two facing slopes in Côte-Rôtie are known as Côte Blonde and Côte Brune, sometimes combining grapes from the two slopes as Côte Brune et Blonde. Head's Blonde comes from an east-facing slope in the Stonewell subregion of the Barossa Valley, while The Brunette comes from a very low-yielding vineyard in the Moppa subregion. In each case, open fermentation (with whole bunches included) and basket pressing precedes 15 months in seasoned French hogsheads.