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2022 Delinquente Hell Vermentino
Production information
2022 Delinquente Hell Vermentino
Small batch. Single vineyard. Handmade.
Varietal Composition: 100% Vermentino
Region: Riverland
Vineyard: Bassham Family Organic Vineyard, Barmera
Yeast: Wild
Bottling Date: November 2022
Release Date: February 2023
Barrel or Stainless: 80% Slavonian cask and 20% neutral French barriques
Harvest: February 2022
Soil: Red sandy loam over limestone
Output: 2,500 bottles
Alcohol: 11 %
Malolactic Fermentation: Yes
Residual Sugar: 0
Winemakers Comments: Vintage 2022 was another cooler year in the Riverland – after a bumper crop in 2021, hail in late spring and issues with bunch set on some patches, yields for the year are slightly below average. But what the year lacks in quantity, it makes up for in quality – ripping acidity, plush fruits and flavor for days characterize a vintage that, while not without its challenges, has offered up some very yummy wines.
The Hell Series wines represent our experimentation with winemaking techniques, and allow the fruit to express different, unique and compelling characteristics.
This Vermentino is so malleable and forgiving – you can push and pull in any direction and its citrusy, salty, acid driven characters always shine through and do their thing. The fruit for this wine was hand-picked and immediately destemmed into one tone open fermenters, when the wine ferments on skins until sugar dry – about 12 days this year. The wine was then pressed into a 1200L Slavonian oak cask and a couple of neutral French barriques, where it rested on full solids for 8 months, before being racked once and blended back together prior to bottling. This wine sees no additions of any kind of save for a small amount of SO2 at bottling.
Style/Palate: A wine all about layers, complexity and energy. The citrusy nature of Vermentino shows itself here in an intense, pithy, lemon sorbet like tang. But it’s the savoury elements that cut through this provide the real interest – briney and saline, the crunchy tannins are balanced by the hint of oaks, so while complex, it provides means drinkability and screams for fresh.
Aormas: Herbaceous, grassy, yarrow root, freshly cut jalapeño, oily texture, saline finish.
Food Pairing: Drink with light fish, fish tacos, fried prawns, octopus, spicy Thai salad with green mango
Small batch. Single vineyard. Handmade.
Varietal Composition: 100% Vermentino
Region: Riverland
Vineyard: Bassham Family Organic Vineyard, Barmera
Yeast: Wild
Bottling Date: November 2022
Release Date: February 2023
Barrel or Stainless: 80% Slavonian cask and 20% neutral French barriques
Harvest: February 2022
Soil: Red sandy loam over limestone
Output: 2,500 bottles
Alcohol: 11 %
Malolactic Fermentation: Yes
Residual Sugar: 0
Winemakers Comments: Vintage 2022 was another cooler year in the Riverland – after a bumper crop in 2021, hail in late spring and issues with bunch set on some patches, yields for the year are slightly below average. But what the year lacks in quantity, it makes up for in quality – ripping acidity, plush fruits and flavor for days characterize a vintage that, while not without its challenges, has offered up some very yummy wines.
The Hell Series wines represent our experimentation with winemaking techniques, and allow the fruit to express different, unique and compelling characteristics.
This Vermentino is so malleable and forgiving – you can push and pull in any direction and its citrusy, salty, acid driven characters always shine through and do their thing. The fruit for this wine was hand-picked and immediately destemmed into one tone open fermenters, when the wine ferments on skins until sugar dry – about 12 days this year. The wine was then pressed into a 1200L Slavonian oak cask and a couple of neutral French barriques, where it rested on full solids for 8 months, before being racked once and blended back together prior to bottling. This wine sees no additions of any kind of save for a small amount of SO2 at bottling.
Style/Palate: A wine all about layers, complexity and energy. The citrusy nature of Vermentino shows itself here in an intense, pithy, lemon sorbet like tang. But it’s the savoury elements that cut through this provide the real interest – briney and saline, the crunchy tannins are balanced by the hint of oaks, so while complex, it provides means drinkability and screams for fresh.
Aormas: Herbaceous, grassy, yarrow root, freshly cut jalapeño, oily texture, saline finish.
Food Pairing: Drink with light fish, fish tacos, fried prawns, octopus, spicy Thai salad with green mango
