Pure Vermentino – stone fruits, salinity & drive

Scored 93 Points by Erin Larkin (The Wine Advocate). Read the review.

Vineyard: Gullyview Vineyard, Watervale

Planted: 2007

Soil type: Terra Rossa, red clay on limestone

Picking date: March 18, 2023

Picking method: Hand harvested and sorted in vineyard

Processing: Crush and destemmed 

Skin contact: 12 hours in press 

Pressing: Free run only, minimal press rotations

Cooling / settling: Settled off dirt and heavy solids for 24 hours

Fermentation: Natural ferment in Slavonian oak Demi-muid

Aging vessel: Slavonian oak Demi-muid for 8 months on full solids, then stainless steel on fine lees for 3 months

Filtration: no

Fining: no

Bottled: March 16, 2024 

Alc: 10.5

pH: 3.15

TA: 7.1

SO2: 30F / 60T

Production: 380 dozen