2023 Amphora Ferment Sauvignon Blanc medium bodied Yarra Cabernet full

medium bodied Yarra Cabernet full of black current fruit and violets

The Cabernet grapes were handpicked from the Tokar Estate vineyard

I let the ferment start with wild yeasts and kept the wine on skins for four weeks for gentle extraction

destemmed and gravity fed to a stainless steel fermenter with a sprinkling of stalks added for an extra layer of tannin

The tannins are present but soft and will see the wine age for a decade or two for the patient but it is delicious drinking now

2023 Amphora Ferment Sauvignon Blanc medium bodied Yarra Cabernet fullI'm loving this wine at the moment. The super bright green fruit was hand picked from Lone Star Creek Vineyard in the Upper Yarra whole bunch pressed. The cloudy juice was chilled and transferred to a couple of 800L Spanish clay Amphora (see photo) for fermentation and maturation on yeast lees before bottling unfiltered. But how does it taste? The nose is limey and chalky with a little passionfruit. It's fresh, pure and has a slight "desert earth"