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2024 Delinquente Hell Macerato
Production information
2024 Hell Macerato
Small batch. Single vineyard. Handmade.
Varietal Composition: 80% Arinto, 20% Malvasia
Region: Riverland
Vineyard: Basshams Organic & Biodynamic Barmera Vineyard
Yeast: Wild
Bottling Date: January 2025
Release Date: March 2025
Barrel or Stainless: Slavonian Oak foudre and seasoned French barriques
Harvest: February 2024
Soil: Red sandy loam over limestone
Output: 1,416 bottles
Alcohol: 11 %
Malolactic Fermentation: Yes
Residual Sugar: 0
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.
The Hell Series wines represent our experimentation with winemaking techniques, and allow the fruit to express different, unique and compelling characteristics.
The Macerato is our homage to the skin contact white wines we revere so much, an attempt to emulate those masters of orange wine but with our own Delinquente spin – keep it refreshing and super drinkable. Arinto and Malvasia the perfect varieties for the task – acid driven and fresh, but with a fruitiness that stand up alongside the structure and tannin. Fermented on skins until sugar dry, then blended skins and all and sealed for another 5 weeks before being pressed off to old oak for the winter months.9 months in barrel.
Color: Golden Color
Style/Palate: Plush fruit on the palate overlayed with tannin, the gentle oak aging rounding out the hard corners to create a moreish.
Aormas: stone fruit and juicy nashi pear, a nice nutty, subltey oak driven savouriness in the background
Food Pairing : duck ragu, or a herbaceous massaman curry
