MollydookerSouth Australia Sarah and Sparky Marquis are two of Australia’s leading viticulturists and winemakers.They met while studying winemaking in 1987 and first made wine together in 1994 with Sarah’s parents under the Fox Creek label. They built five successful brands in the last 10 years - Henry’s Drive, Parson’s Flat, Marquis Philips and Shrivington. They achieved fantastic accolades for these wines including winning Australian Winemakers of the Year in 2000, McClaren Vale Bushing King and Queen in 1995, 1998 and 2002, a string of top Parker and Spectator scores, Robert Parker’s Wine Personalities of the Year in 2002 and World Cooperage Celebrated Winemakers in 2006. In 2005 Sarah and Sparky’s ultimate dream came true: they began to develop their own label – Mollydooker – an Aussie term for left-hander, which describes both Sarah and Sparky! Sarah and Sparky work closely with their small and dedicated team to produce the hand crafted wines for which they are famous. The team motto is ‘We make wines which make people go WOW, through attention to detail and commitment to excellence’. Their belief is that the quality of the wine is determined in the vineyard. The wines are made in McLaren Vale. All barrel fermented and matured. The wine from each vineyard is kept separately until final grading and blending. Robert Parker has called their wines “totally decadent homages to joy and yumminess". With a Parker 99 for one of the 2005’s - and seven of the 2006's receiving 91-99 points the future looks Mollydooker! |