2022 ‘Tonimbuk' Granite
This year the ‘Granite’ cuvée is comprised of Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Pinot Grigio and Sauvignon Blanc from our Tonimbuk site (pictured above on a frosty morning).47 year old vines on coarse, weathered granite soils always give the wines from this site a lean and very mineral driven nature. They always show an abundance of energy with such delicate and precise structure.(see full vineyard notes for details) Co-Fermentation took place in stainless steel with whole bunch skin-contact for ...Read More...
This year the ‘Granite’ cuvée is comprised of Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Pinot Grigio and Sauvignon Blanc from our Tonimbuk site (pictured above on a frosty morning).
47 year old vines on coarse, weathered granite soils always give the wines from this site a lean and very mineral driven nature. They always show an abundance of energy with such delicate and precise structure.
(see full vineyard notes for details)
Co-Fermentation took place in stainless steel with whole bunch skin-contact for 48 hours. The wine was then pressed back into a single ceramic egg where it sat undisturbed for 14 months elevage. It was then bottled (without racking) directly from the vessel.
This is a delicately orange wine with a refined and elegant nature to it. It has more tannin than the 2021, largely due to the Pinot Gris/Grigio element.
The time in tank on gross lees has given yet another layer of fine complexity to the wine.
As always..Wild ferment, No s02, No pumps, No additions, No oak. As pure a representation of site, place and time possible.
Bottled by gravity, Sealed with premium natural cork and beeswax. - Dane Johns, Winemaker.
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This year the ‘Granite’ cuvée is comprised of Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Pinot Grigio and Sauvignon Blanc from our Tonimbuk site (pictured above on a frosty morning).
47 year old vines on coarse, weathered granite soils always give the wines from this site a lean and very mineral driven nature. They always show an abundance of energy with such delicate and precise structure.
(see full vineyard notes for details)
Co-Fermentation took place in stainless steel with whole bunch skin-contact for 48 hours. The wine was then pressed back into a single ceramic egg where it sat undisturbed for 14 months elevage. It was then bottled (without racking) directly from the vessel.
This is a delicately orange wine with a refined and elegant nature to it. It has more tannin than the 2021, largely due to the Pinot Gris/Grigio element.
The time in tank on gross lees has given yet another layer of fine complexity to the wine.
As always..Wild ferment, No s02, No pumps, No additions, No oak. As pure a representation of site, place and time possible.
Bottled by gravity, Sealed with premium natural cork and beeswax. - Dane Johns, Winemaker.