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Shop/ 2021 Adelaide Hills Gamay2021 Adelaide Hills Gamay
Refined Gamay – light & bright
Vineyard: Deanery Vineyard, Balhannah
Planted: 2004
Soil type: Sandy loam on sandstone & ironstone
Picking date: March 11, 2021
Picking method: Hand harvested and sorted in vineyard
Processing: Destemmed retaining 50% whole berries with no whole bunch
Fermentation: Natural ferment in open top steel fermenters, hand plunged twice daily
Time on skins: 10 days
Pressing: Free run and pressings combined
Settling: Settled off gross lees for 7 days
Aging vessel: French Hogshead for 2 months, then stainless steel for 8 months
Filtration: No
Fining: No
Alc: 11.9%
pH: 3.41
TA: 6.7
SO2: 30F, 60T
Production: 35 dozen