2021 Ribolla Gialla / Fiano

If it were ever apt to use the word ephemeral to describe something, the Momento Mori wines would be it. Ever only minute quantities made, and so delicate and experiential they make you feel like you’re drinking a sacred tonic. This wine is made from the revered plot of Ribolla and the rest Fiano. The two grapes were co-fermented in stainless and spent approx 2 months on skins before being pressed and transferred to the clay. It spent about 18 months in the amphora’s before being bottled by h...Read More...

If it were ever apt to use the word ephemeral to describe something, the Momento Mori wines would be it. Ever only minute quantities made, and so delicate and experiential they make you feel like you’re drinking a sacred tonic. This wine is made from the revered plot of Ribolla and the rest Fiano. The two grapes were co-fermented in stainless and spent approx 2 months on skins before being pressed and transferred to the clay. It spent about 18 months in the amphora’s before being bottled by hand directly from each vessel. It is an orange wine in every sense of the word. It has structure, depth and purity in spades. There is an ethereal nature that clay adds to wines and this cuvee displays that character clearly and with a very detailed texture.

Dane and his wife Hannah make wines in Gippsland that feel like they reach up and touch the sky, bringing down soft handfuls of clouds with them. Wines that feel like they walk around barefoot, free. They are wines that ultimately feel like they have innate respect for the living. 

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