2023 Warragul Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc - Sémillon 750ml Bottle

From South Facing, unirrigated vines on Red volcanic soil at the Warragul Vineyard.
Wild fermented in 400L puncheons. Barrels occasionally stirred in winter.
Malolactic fermentation in the spring. 
Aged in barrel for thirteen months. 
Chamomile, lime, toasted almond and some fresh cut grass on the nose. 
The wine is tense, textured and precise. Heaps of complexity and density on the pallete.
With beeswax, candied lemon peel characters and some rocky salinity.
Finish is long with powerful acid keeping everything going.
 
The label depicts the critically endangered Warragul burrowing Crayfish, with a distribution of only 20 square kms around Baw Baw Shire.
13.5% alc