Skin Contact Hills Blend – Exotic, spicey & crisp

Vineyard: Deanery Vineyard, Balhannah

Varietal: 42% Savagnin, 39% Pinot Gris & 19% Sauvignon Blanc

Planted: 2004

Soil type: Sandy loam on sandstone & ironstone

Picking date: March 13, 16 & 19 2022

Picking method: Hand harvested and sorted in vineyard

Processing: Destem retaining ~ 50% whole berries. No whole bunch

Fermentation: Natural ferment in open top steel fermenters, hand plunged twice daily

Time on skins: 7 days

Pressing: Free run and pressings combined

Settling: Settled off gross lees for 7 days

Aging vessel: Steel for 11 months

Filtration: No

Fining: No

Bottling: Mid Feb 2023

Alc: 12.9%

pH: 3.25

TA: 6.9

SO2: 30F, 60T

Production: 275 dozen