Description / Reviews
// 100% Biodynamic Roussanne from Blewitt Springs
"Our unique vineyard, with its weathered sand and ironstone soil, starts this Roussanne’s journey towards being an extraordinary wine. Months mellowing on grape skins in large ceramic eggs ensures a wine of luxurious texture and distinctive flavour. Hand-picked on the 12th of March from Block 6, our oldest Roussanne planting. A portion is destemmed, crushed, and filled to clayver 675L ceramic eggs. 66% of the final blend was fermented on skins and remained on skins for about 4 months before pressing. Only the free draining fraction retained. The other portion is whole bunch basket pressed into ceramic and fermented without skins. The blend is exclusively matured in ceramic for a further 2 months. Bottled November 2024. Certified Organic/Biodynamic." - Yangarra Estate, Winemaker
"Ewe Bewdy. A couple of months on skins. Hangs out in amphora. Proper. It’s a wine to keep coming back to, there’s things to check in on. I mean you always come back to a bottle, per se, but the thing is this one delivers curiosity. It’s good, but doesn’t surprise or uplift in the way amazing wine may. It’s solid. Built on alternating waxy and chalky texture, a plushness, but then also a sense of ‘watery’ and while the perfume flourishes with florals, citrus dried and fresh, exotic spice, the palate is more subdued, if not muted, though pear and citrus, dried and fresh again, also make a presence felt. It’s squeaky and tight in the finish. It does a lot, but there’s a sense of wanting more." - 93+ Points, Mike Bennie, The Wine Front
