Vineyards for 2015 included the certified organic Warboys Vineyard surrounding cellar door, and the neighbouring Jones block further up the hill. The nearby Swann vineyard in Blewitt Springs, grown on ancient sand dunes, also provided parcels of stunning quality, as did the Cameron block with its cracking black Biscay clays just north of the township of Willunga. Each of these single vineyard parcels is exclusively hand-picked. The 2015 growing season in McLaren Vale was notable for extended periods where no rain fell. The region experienced an average winter rainfall, but no significant rain fell during August. Temperatures in late August were notably cold overnight delaying budburst. It continued to be very dry across our district through September, October and November with the lowest spring rainfall in the last 20 years. This led to very low disease pressure, but also reduced the natural vigor of the vines resulting in small canopies. Despite hot days through the first week of January, cooler than normal conditions from the second week onwards resulted in the coolest January days experienced across the state since 1992. Yields for 2015 were generally average or below average.