Small batch. Single vineyard. Handmade. Varietal Composition: 100% Negroamaro Region: Riverland Vineyard: Sherwood Estate Vineyard, Loxton. Yeast: Wild Bottling Date: April 2024 Barrel or Stainless: Stainless Harvest: February 2024 Soil: Red sandy loam over limestone Output: 6,000 bottles Alcohol: 11.5 % Residual Sugar: 0g/L Winemakers Comments: Vintage 2024 was just about the perfect vintage. Warm but not too hot, and bone dry during the growing season, was welcome change from the past couple of years, allowing the fruit to ripen steadily. Meanwhile, cool nights kept acids and freshness high. With decent yields across the board, we had flexibility in our winemaking, selecting the best parcels and blending to make a suite of wines we are super stoked with, and excited to share with the world.
Fermented in stainless steel with wild vineyard yeast, the wine was bottled under crown seal to finish ferment, resulting in the Petillant Naturel style. The Negroamaro for this wine was sourced from the Sherwood Estate in Loxton North, owned by the Proud family – third generation grape growers who have introduced Southern Italian varieties into their vineyards with great success. Style/Palate: light sparkling style. Cherry cola! A wine that is equals parts intriguing and just juicy and delicious. Negroamaro brings that fennel, aniseed – liquorice allsorts feel Aormas: The nose leads you into that dark fruit zone – blackberry, boysenberry, with a touch of savoury herb – aniseed, fennel seed. Award/Score : Wine Front – 89 point (2022 Vintage)