Trove Estate

The slick website could do with a spell and fact check here and there, and elsewhere agreement on the establishment date (’16 or ’17) and ownership (two or 4 people). But that’s arguably beside the point, for its range of wines at 3 price points is well made and priced to sell. The key players are business partners Paul Byron and Ralph Dunning, with decades of sales and marketing in and around the wine industry. While Margaret River is (understandably) the focus, the entry-point Secret Squirrel range of wines come from the Great Southern. Next up the ladder is the Forest Grand group of Margaret River wines, and at the top is The Laurels trio of Chardonnay, Shiraz and Cabernet. Part of the production comes from the estate vineyards of 9.5ha cabernet sauvignon, 2.12ha shiraz and 4.41ha sauvignon blanc. -JAMES HALLIDAY