2022 Good Intentions Petillant Pop!
WINEMAKER: Andrew Burchell
REGION: Mount Gambier, SA
VARIETAL: Semillon
VITICULTURE: Organic/Biodynamic
Direct pressed Semillon, bled off from the Ridiculously White. Fermented in tank and cold settled to drop out solids. Nearing the end of its fermentation we remove the wine from the lees before bottling to finish fermentation in bottle. Lots of careful time goes into rotating bottles untill disgorging (removal of lees plug) to ensure this wine is clean as a whistle! More than just a Pet Nat this is a clean and fresh sparkling wine.
This wine is so bright and lively with perfectly balanced acidity and fizz that dances in your mouth. In our opinion, it's our best example of sparkling wine yet, but you decide!
Mount Gambier is a truly unique wine region to Australia. A young volcano by the sea, it juxtaposes cool climate limestone slopes with oceanic moderation. Andrew's property is located on the south side of one of the volcano. Erupting less than 6000 years ago it is filled with water that changes colour with the seasons. Arising from an ancient inland sea made into limestone and now receiving water from underground caves added with our generous rainfall all contributes to the abundance of water stored in underground limestone caves with pockets of flint rock spread below the nearby soils. The limestone filters the water naturally and the result is a pure water thriving with minerality. All this helps make for incredible soil complexity and their cool climate makes for perfect growing conditions and in turn beautiful, elegant and totally unique wines like no other.