VERMENTINO ‘23

VERMENTINO ‘23

$33.99

Size

Nose is dominated by lime with hints of yellow grapefruit and opens to a slight nutty complexity.

 

Palate is luscious with a nice weight. Fresh and vibrant, a mix of white mulberry, racy acid and a slight buttery softness from matured French Oak.

  • Vineyard: Stocks Hill, Tatachilla Road McLaren Vale

  • Planted: 2019 (Grafted rootling on 140 Ruggeri)

  • Soil type: Dark loam over clay limestone mix.

  • Farming: Minimal Conventional.

  • Vineyard management: Simonit & Sirch Gyuot. Hand pruned, shoot & fruit thinned.

  • Picking date: March 18, 2023

  • Picking method: Hand harvested.

  • Processing: Destemmed, rollers opened for light crush. Sent straight to press.

  • Time on skins: 2 HOURS SOAKING PRIOR TO PRESS CYCLE

  • Pressing: Free run and light pressings combined.

  • Settling: Cold settled, racked with fluffy lees for extra texture and fuller body.

  • Fermentation: Cold fermentation at 11.5°C for 21 days

  • Aging vessel: 7 MONTHS IN 88% Seasoned French oak hogshead maturation with fermentation yeast lees giving complexity and fuller palate,12% stainless steel maturation to retain varietal expression.

  • Filtration: Cellar bright

  • Fining: no

  • Alc: 13.3

  • Ph : 3.35

  • Ta : 7.6

  • So2: 38 free / 107 total

  • Bottled: October 26, 2023

  • Production: 819 bottles