Pure Vermentino – stone fruits, salinity & drive

Scored 19/20 by Matthew Jukes (Matthew Jukes). Read the review.

Scored 94 Points by Mike Bennie (The Wine Front). Read the review.

Scored 94 Points by Campbell Mattison (Halliday) Read the review. 

Vineyard: Gullyview Vineyard, Watervale

Planted: 2007

Soil type: Terra Rossa, red clay on limestone

Picking date: February 25, 2022

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: 10/01/2023

Alc: 10.8

pH: 3.15

TA: 7.1

SO2: 24F / 55T

Production: 250 dozen