| Region | |
|---|---|
| Subregion | Australia > South Australia > Clare Valley |
| Colour | White |
| Type | Still |
From the hard rock of the Polish Hill vineyard, thin, infertile, silty soils, 460 m above sea level. Planted in 1996, unirrigated, certified organic. The vines produce small thick-skinned berries on small bunches. Dry, low-rainfall vintage. Hand harvested 5 to 9 March, crushed, destemmed, gently pressed and settled at 0 °C (32 °F). A small portion was whole-bunch pressed. Only free-run juice used. Inoculated with neutral yeasts. Six separate ferments according to clone and vine age. RS 0.9 g/l, acidity 6.9 g/l, pH 2.94.
Like bitter orange carved with diamonds out of wet black rock. Power and steel and stone. A wine that almost seems to slam into you, juddering through your body. You feel this wine more than you taste it. It’s the structure of citrus, the bones, more than the flesh. Paua shell in liquid form. (TC)
