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Shop/ 2022 Adelaide Hills Gamay2022 Adelaide Hills Gamay
Refined Gamay – light & bright
Scored 93 Points by Mike Bennie (The Wine Front). Read the review.
Vineyard: Deanery Vineyard, Balhannah
Planted: 2004
Soil type: Sandy loam on sandstone & ironstone
Picking date: March 17, 2022
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: Slovonian oak Demi Muid for 10 months, then stainless steel for 6 months
Filtration: Crossflow
Fining: No
Alc: 12.5%
pH: 3.12
TA: 8.7
SO2: 30F, 60T
Production: 85 dozen