Save Our Souls is the minimal-intervention label of William Downie and Jason Searle. The Sangiovese is sourced from the King Valley in north-east Victoria, from a vineyard at around 350 metres elevation planted to the newest generation of sangiovese clones available in Australia. The King River flows down from the Alpine high country, over millennia depositing mineral-rich alluvial soils, and cool mountain air follows the river into the valley, settling and slowing ripening on the vines beside it. This cool-climate setting favours subtle, finely structured, savoury reds rather than fruit-driven ones. The 2022 season delivered fruit with the bright, sour-cherry lift and taut acidity typical of the site.

The wine is made in a restrained, food-friendly idiom that keeps sangiovese's natural structure to the fore. Fruit was fermented on skins to draw out the grape's characteristic sour-cherry fruit, fine tannin and savoury edge, then pressed and matured in seasoned oak so that fruit definition and drinkability, rather than overt wood, drive the wine. The result is mid-weight and immediately accessible - pure, clean and juicy, firm but not heavy - showing classic sour cherry, sweet almond and amaretti-like notes with dried herbs and mixed spice. It is tight and refreshing, built for the table rather than long cellaring.