La Petite Mort
Welcome to La Petite Mort.
Unusual, confronting and a little left of the middle.
The La Petite Mort (LPM) label is home to the 'other' wines that come out of Bent Road Winery in Ballandean, on Queensland's Granite Belt. These small batch, experimental wines are produced with minimal wine making intervention and put into bottle without filtering or fining to allow the raw essence of our experimentation to shine through. Rustic and characterful, LPM wines promise a unique sensory experience and a story behind every label.
The Wines
One of the great things about being a boutique wine producer is that you get to have full creative license in the winery which opens the way for innovation and re-invention. As part of this process, there is often a need to play with certain ideas and see how they work out. We do a lot of small scale 'bench trials' wherever possible, but sometimes you just need to jump in and make a barrel or two to really see the outcome of our meddling...
La Petite Mort is the receptacle of these experimental wines. Unfined and unfiltered, these wines are made in a deliberately candid, 'rustic' style with minimal addition and intervention so as not to muddy the results of our trial and retain the fullness of flavour that we see when we taste from the barrel before bottling.
The Label
La Petite Mort is the kind of dinner guest who holds court in any crowd. With striking looks and a bold agenda, LPM knowingly draws and holds the attention of other guests and whilst suave, sophisticated and to the point; the label is not afraid to offend a few people along the way. La Petite Mort - and we all know what that really means - is a master of euphemism and thinly veiled double entendre and has a juicy story or crude limerick for every situation.
Based on a photograph by prominent Australian Photographer Ray Cook, the La Petite Mort label makes quite a statement. It's up to you, the observer, to decide what that statement is to you but it should certainly evoke the feeling that this is NOT your average bottle of Chardy! As the conduit for our alternative and/or experimental wines, the label is very much intended to prepare the prospective drinker for the fact that this wine may have a surprise or two up its sleeve.