2023 POOL GOOSE

WINEMAKER: Tim, Al, Ed & Darcy
REGION: VIC
VARIETY: Chardonnay
VITICULTURE: Organic

Organic skinsy Chardonnay. Smells like dried mango from the health food store, the stuff in a help-yourself tub that sticks together and sticks to your teeth. Tastes like pineapple, real pineapple not golden circle rings, no disrespect. Bitey upfront VA like picante chilli spice mix. Squeaky mouthfeel like haloumi cheese fresh from uncle Nikolas' grill. It's the sort of thing that is gonna get slammed back by discerning and non-discerning tastebuds all summer. And at that price... No sulphur or any additives like the rest of our wines.

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.