” Light, fresh, juicy, crisp and very easy drinking! Fragrant red berries on the nose and a palate full of strawberries and raspberries, which makes for a very fun and refreshing drop.
Vineyard: Gullyview Vineyard, Watervale Varieties: 25% Vermentino, 75% Grenache
Blocks: G2 & G8
Planted: 2009 & 1945 Soil type: Terra Rossa, red clay on limestone
Picking date: Vermentino 22/2/24 and Grenache 23/2/24
Picking method: Machine and Hand Harvested
Time on skins: Grenache had 7 days on skins and Vermentino had 14 days on skins
Processing: Crush and destemmed
Pressing: Only take free run juice
Cooling / settling: Cold settled off dirt and heavy solids for 3 days
Fermentation: Stainless steel for 2 weeks
Aging vessel: A mix of stainless steel and slavonian oak on fine lees for 2 months
Filtration: Crossflow
Fining: No
Alc: 12.5%
Vegan friendly – Yes.”
Jono Koerner, Gullyview Estate
