2024 Wild Earth Field White
Our fifth iteration of this unique wine, with 2024 calling to mind some of the characters of the 2021 edition. Aromatics deliver lime flesh, green apple and starfruit, over a saline background. Complex, intense and delicate all at the same time. The silky-slate finish delivers opulence but is balanced by a thirst-quenching acid line.
Estate grown and made
Certified organic and biodynamic fruit
[VARIETIES] 95% Semillon, 5% Riesling and Doradillo
[ALC] 11.5%
[PRODUCTION] 66 dozen
[CELLARING] Drink now
Tasting Notes
Hand-picked fruit was sorted and destemmed into a 700L Georgian Quevri and a 440L Italian amphora. The fermentation, on full skins, occurred naturally, with only light mixing for cap management. After primary fermentation, the vessels were topped up and sealed to go through malolactic fermentation and maturation on skins for 7 months. The wine was racked with only one addition of sulphur before bottling in November 2024.
Vineyard Notes
As always this wine is largely Semillon, with a few vines of Riesling and Doradillo in the mix. The fruit comes from 1950s plantings in Blocks 2 and 8.