Sutton Grange Winery lies in the granite hills between Bendigo and the Macedon Ranges in central Victoria, working organically grown estate vineyards on decomposed granite soils. Sangiovese, the great red grape of Tuscany, suits the site's warm days and cool nights, which help retain the variety's savoury acidity and fine tannin. The Fairbank tier is the estate's fragrant, juicy, earlier-drinking range. The 2023 central Victorian season was cooler and later than the preceding warm years, favouring freshness and perfume, well suited to the bright, food-friendly style in which this Sangiovese is made.

Grapes are handled gently and fermented to preserve Sangiovese's red-fruited perfume and its characteristic bright acidity and savoury, drying tannin. The wine is made in a fragrant, juicy style rather than for extraction, with maturation in older oak to build texture without masking varietal character. It is bottled to drink well on release while carrying some ageing capacity. Alcohol is around 13%.