VINTAGE: 2023
REGION: Springfarm / Clare
VINEYARD: Adelina Block 2
GROWERS: Jennie Gardner & Col McBryde
ELEVATION: 460m
VINE AGE: +80 years
SOIL PROFILE: grey sandy loam on a clay base
ASPECT: mild northerly aspect
FARMING: ACO certified organic

WINEMAKING:
Destemmed / 50% berries crushed. Fermented in concrete vessel and Drunk Turtle, maceration 21 days. 10 months in Drunk Turtle amphora.

pH 3.52 | 6.00 g/l TA | NEG g/l RS | 13.5%

REVIEWS:
From the organically grown (certified) home vineyard. Matured in concrete and cement-terracotta vessels. This sits beautifully at medium weight, cinched with ultrafine, graphite-laced tannins, very slim-line and succulent with red cherry and tart raspberry characters, with a fine dusting of dried herb and white pepper, faint game meat notes, a lemon myrtle kind of lift, touches of alpine herbs, too. The texture is beautiful, otherworldly almost, the wine delivering levity and finesse for the variety. And, importantly, so damn delicious.

96 points. Mike Bennie, Wine Companion.