Lucy Margaux Vineyards

Lucy Margaux Wines - Anton Von Kopper

All of the Lucy Margaux Wines are made from organically farmed grapes, only the home block is certified organic, we are slowly getting there, next couple of years we are moving to certification at much cost to ensure another level of assurance. The wines have no added or natural sulphites. No chemicals are used in the winery, not even to to clean (only water is used and occasionally alcohol which we distill at the winery), no sulphur is used in any part of the winery, not in the wine making process or the storage of empty barrels. We would like to make wines for health, to the betterment of humans and the environment.

We have our own small home block which has never been sprayed with copper or sulphur, we lease a vineyard which we farm organically and this is 60% of our production and the other 40% are from vineyards in our surrounds that we have worked with for a long time.

The wines are fermented naturally with no additions or subtractions, just grapes. Most of the wines are aged in ceramics (65%) with the rest in over barrels. Whites are pressed with an airbag press and red in a basket press. All production is gravity fed (we don't own a pump). Total production is around 25 tomes of grapes.

We are proud of being among the first natural winemakers in Australia with the first vintage in 2007 and now to have achieved making wines that are chemical free. In the last couple of years we have worked on reducing VA, mousiness and lacticobacillis fermentation in bottle, common challenges in making natural wine. Making natural wines that are sound is an art and a skill but there is no better wine to drink!