2023 POOL COUGH DROP

WINEMAKER: Tim, Al, Ed & Darcy
REGION: Riverland, SA
VARIETY: Grüner Veltliner, Shiraz
VITICULTURE: Organic

This is something outside the box. Long skinsy white with some very light red juice blended in. Tastes more like Euro rosato than anything Aussie. Herbal and green, kind of more like Montenegro than wine, but with rainbow sour straps too. You will take a sip and say "that's weird" then stand there staring off into the middle distance, trying to place it, then you will take another sip, then you will drink two more glasses of it. We've seen it before, tale as old as time. • 70% Organic Gruner Veltliner from Riverland SA which spent 4 months on skins • 30% Organic Shiraz Direct Pressed • Wild ferment • No sulphur or additives of any kind, at any stage • No fining or filtering

POOL is Tim, Al, Ed & Darcy. It is also everyone that helps us with advice, helps us pick fruit, helps us bottle and drinks our wine. We are based on Taungurung Country, in Kyneton. POOL had its first vintage in 2019 using half a tonne of local Shiraz. We learnt a lot. As we continue to learn we continue to expand and grow our repertoire with each season. We work with growers and vineyards local to the region to source grapes that have been grown in a way that is responsible to the land – reducing the use of sprays and interference and then hand-picking with our friends whenever we can. In the winery we use no additives of any kind, we don’t fine or filter and prefer to use people power and low intervention methods wherever possible.