The Buttery family is dedicated to producing interesting and appealing wines of the highest order from their McLaren Vale vineyards. They are also passionate about sound environmental practises, sustainable agriculture and innovation. They once took a punt and put all their hard earned money into a vineyard on Tatachilla Road at the heart of McLaren Vale. A few years later when the wine industry was struggling, they bought another vineyard with land on the eastern side of the region in the foothills near McLaren Flat and called it Gemtree. Bloodstone is treated to ten days traditional open fermentation before a gentle pressing into French oak barrels for a year's maturation.