VINTAGE: 2023
REGION: Kuitpo / Adelaide Hills
VINEYARD: Yacca Paddock
GROWERS: Scott Hicks and Kerry Heysen-Hicks
ELEVATION: 350m
VINE AGE: 22 years old
SOIL PROFILE: sandy on a friable clay
ASPECT: slight northerly aspect
FARMING: conventional

WINEMAKING:
Fruit was picked in the cool of the morning. A split between 90% stainless inoculated fermentation and 15% neutral barrique indigenous fermentation. Once dry the wine was stabilised and bottled.

pH 3.05 | 7.59 g/l TA | NEG g/l RS | 12.5%

REVIEWS:

Here we have 23 year old vines, from Kuitpo, grown at 350m ASL.

It’s a tight and kind of bony expression of Arneis, sort of Arneis by way of Riesling in a way, though it does carry a firm signature of the grape with pear, white flowers, raw almond and smattering of green herb and fennel. It has crunch, a ‘mineral’ character, green pear juiciness, maybe even a drizzle of lime/lemon, flinty texture, and a lively tonic finish of excellent length. Brisk. Invigorating. 

Rated : 93 Points, Gary Walsh, winefront.com.au