Avani Amrit Skin Contact Pinot Gris 2019 Victoria Mornington Peninsula
Avani Amrit Skin Contact Pinot Gris 2019 Victoria Mornington PeninsulaAvani Amrit Skin Contact Pinot Gris 2019 Aromas of tangerine, baked pear and a bit of spice on the nose. Flavours of fleshy peach, stoney minerality, brine and a sour tang element. Zesty and bright acidity that cuts through the richness of this wine.
Christina Chardonnay Orange 2019 Austria
Christina Chardonnay Orange 2019 AustriaChristina Chardonnay Orange 2019 grapes love the perfect conditions of our “Pannonian” climate with the deep and nutritious soils in combination with gravel on the top. As a result, they develop their very intensive and exotic aromatic with some nice acidity on the palate, due to the cooler influences of the River Danube during the nights. Fermented spontaneously in open boxes, in contact with the skins for 24 days. The skins are pressed and the wine spends 10 months in stainless steel. The wine is lightly sulfured at bottling.
Domaine Danjou Banessy Supernova White 2017
Domaine Danjou Banessy Supernova White 2017Aromas could be described between a tea infusion (bergamot, verbena, linden, thyme and rosemary), a sake and a white beer. Sublime fruit, lush texture, stunning aromas and tension and a super refreshing bitter finish.
2 weeks skin contact, fermentation with natural yeasts and 6 months ageing in old barrels with a little oxidation. No filtration, no fining, low sulphur.
Kangarilla Road Duetto 2016 South Australia McLaren Vale
Kangarilla Road Duetto 2016 South Australia McLaren ValeKangarilla Road Duetto 2016
Intriguing aromas of tantalising saffron pears, just ripe apricots, nutty macadamias and zesty lemon sherbet dance around a quirky slightly saline nub. There are intense and textural citrus notes on the palate which try to dominate but glimpses of tropical fruit including pawpaw and champagne melon shine through and pineapple lingers and lingers.
Vermentino brings freshness and acidity to the wine whilst Fiano contributes breadth and texture. In order to accentuate the textural capacity of these varieties we fermented 20% on skins in tradition clay amphora’s. This component remained on skins for 16 weeks before it was pressed.
Moondara Studebaker Bianco 2019 Victoria Gippsland
Moondara Studebaker Bianco 2019 Victoria GippslandMoondara Studebaker Bianco 2019 is one conclusion in a series of experiments in texture and tannin in white wine, a post punk, post natural, tangy, minerally, crunchy gargle. An unfiltered & skin fermented Pinot Grigio Friulano blend
Muddy Water Skin Ferment White 2020 Waipara
Muddy Water Skin Ferment White 2020 WaiparaMuddy Water Skin Ferment White 2020 Waipara
Deep orange colour,with complex oriental flavours of mandarin, clove, citrus peel and bergamot. Textural, plush palate with firm tannins. Exotic!
This co-ferment is made of fruit grown on our lower back block vineyard in Omihi with 48% Riesling, 46 % Gewurtztraminer, 2 % Gruner Veltliner, 2% St Laurent and 2 % Chardonnay, all grown organically. The fruit was intensely managed, bunch thinned, and shoot positioned for fruit spacing and leaf plucked to allow sunlight and air into the canopy. Bunches were small, intensely flavoured, pure and were hand-picked to retain ultimate freshness and allow whole bunch ferment.
Nestarec Klasika Pinot Gris 2014 Czech Republic
Nestarec Klasika Pinot Gris 2014 Czech RepublicNestarec Klasika Pinot Gris 2014
Skin contact Pinot Gris from the Czech Republic.
Grapefruit, lemon, apricots, oranges. A bowl of fruit salad! Savoury oxidation on the nose with a textural mouthfeel. Throw in some caramel, spice and beeswax, this is an interesting wine not to miss.
Milan Nestarec is not a winery — I always correct people when they say that. Milan Nestarec is ideas that just happen to be represented through wine.
I’m not selling wine. I’m serving a world view. Using wine as a medium.
I could have chosen another one, but this one is so fun. And social.
We do use some biodynamic practices, but tbh I don’t like how it’s become a bit of a marketing gimmick. When working this way in the vineyards, you usually don’t have much time left to talk about it. We only use things that we understand, things I consider important, and things that react to what’s happening in the vineyard at the given moment.
So this is it, my land of freedom. Playgrounds. Stories. Sometimes tabula rasa, sometimes historically conditioned and laid out. I won’t tell you about the spacing, plantation density and other technicalities. What matters is my relationship with these places and what makes them produce wines that exceed the… well, normal.
Papillon Pinot Noir Pet Nat NV Adelaide Hills South Australia
Papillon Pinot Noir Pet Nat NV Adelaide Hills South AustraliaPapillon Pinot Noir Pet Nat NV Drink now Pet Nat made from Pinot Noir grapes from the Adelaide Hills. Cherry and strawberries with added texture from the skins. Unfiltered, unfined and vegan friendly.
Pirosmani Shiraki Valley Semi Dry 2017 Georgia
Pirosmani Shiraki Valley Semi Dry 2017 GeorgiaPirosmani Shiraki Valley Semi Dry 2017
A naturally semi-dry white wine made from Rkatsiteli grape cultivated in the Kakheti region.
The wine has a golden straw colour, pronounced aroma with notes of fruit, flowers and honey Slightly weighty and oily on the palate with a great mouthfeel. It is the perfect combination with roast chicken or pork. Serve at 10-12°C.
