2024 Rural Method di Renzo

Made with a good lick of grapes from the super cool climate, Casey’s vineyard nestled just outside of the township of Oberon, high in the Wambuul Valley- Chardonnay and Shiraz to be specific. There’s also Chardonnay from Chalou Wines and Merlot from Patina wines to complete the package. The wine is made up of 2 parts, the first- the earlier picked grapes from Chalou and Patina were through their ferments and settling out by the time the later picked grapes from Casey’s landed in the winery. When the later grapes arrived in the winery, the earlier component was racked off It’s lees and combined with this later juice. From there a nice slow ferment ticked along until the sugar was in the where we wanted it, around 12g/L. At this stage we hand bottled. The wine was held on lees for 12 months until release in April 2024.

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Alcohol:            10.5%

PH:                   3.27

Total made:      242 dozen

TASTING NOTES

Bright, crisp citrus, apple blossom, green strawberry and papaya, soft textural and full of personality. Enjoy!