Glen Robert
Australia
Glen's Wines
- Australia
- 11Â wines
- 5Â styles
Naked's inaugural Queensland Winemaker, taking artisan winemaking to the next level!
- Expect the unexpected from Glen Robert at La Petite Mort. A former medical research chemist, Glen fell under wine’s spell around 2000 – and never looked back.
- In 2014, he discovered Shiraz and Viognier vines in need of some TLC in Ballandean, on Queensland’s Granite Belt. Today, the 40-hectare Bent Road property is home to vines, winery, wilderness and granite boulders, stretching along the pristine Severn River at more than 750 metres above sea level.
- It’s a surprisingly cool, continental corner of Queensland – one of the coolest growing regions in Australia – and that climate gives Glen’s wines their distinctive elegance, savoury spice and depth of flavour.
- La Petite Mort is Glen’s label – avant-garde, experimental and made for curious drinkers, these are wines that happily throw the rulebook out the window. Think extended skin contact, ancestral techniques and plenty of Glen’s scientific curiosity – resulting in seriously intriguing wines for those who like their next bottle to be a little bit different.
Vineyard Location
Glen Robert's Story
Glen Robert's journey into winemaking started, perhaps unexpectedly, with a career in medical research. But around 2000, he fell under the spell of wine – and the science of winemaking soon proved far more irresistible than the lab.
In 2012, Glen’s love of experimentation led him to the Granite Belt, where he discovered 10 picturesque hectares of Shiraz and Viognier vines at the derelict Mary’s Vineyard. Perched high in Queensland’s cool-climate wine country, the vineyard’s elevation and sheltered position create a unique growing environment, well away from the tropical influences of the coast. It was the perfect place to start something a little different.
With plenty of elbow grease, organic practices and a whole lot of TLC, Glen nursed the neglected vines back to health, breathing new life into the historic vineyard along the way. And La Petite Mort was born – a label built around curiosity, experimentation and the idea that sometimes the most interesting wines are found by stepping a little outside the lines.
Glen joined the Naked family in 2016, just as Queensland’s wine scene was starting to turn heads. His winemaking philosophy is all about letting the fruit speak, with minimal filtering and finishing and a focus on slow-ripening, hand-picked grapes from the Granite Belt.
But Glen isn’t one to simply do things by the book. Every vintage brings another opportunity to experiment, from fermenting in terracotta amphora to partially drying grapes and exploring extended skin-contact techniques inspired by ancestral winemaking methods.
The result? Small-batch, boutique wines that are seriously unlike anything else. La Petite Mort is for curious drinkers, adventurous palates and anyone who likes their next bottle to come with a little surprise. In other words – expect the unexpected.
Glen's Archangels
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