2024 Delinquente Amaya Negroamaro Red Pet Nat

WINEMAKER: Con-Greg Grigoriou
REGION: Riverland, SA
VARIETY: Negroamaro
VITICULTURE: Organic/Biodynamic

The Negroamaro for this wine was sourced from the Sherwood Estate in Loxton North, owned by the Proud family – third generation grape growers who have introduced Southern Italian varieties into their vineyards with great success. Cherry cola! A wine that is equals parts intriguing and just juicy and delicious. Negroamaro brings that fennel, aniseed – liquorice allsorts feel – while the fruit profile is all black currants and boysenberry. A real gentle fizz this year – this is a Christmas morning special for the whole family.

Con-Greg Grigoriou grew up on a vineyard in the Riverland, South Australia, where his father has managed wineries for over 35 years. A few years ago, while working for an advertising agency in Melbourne, he tasted his first truly interesting Riverland wine and something clicked - why weren’t people producing high-quality wines in his home region?

Greg’s idea for Delinquente Wine Co was to take advantage of the Riverland’s small vineyards planted with Southern Italian varieties, which are suited to the region’s dry Mediterranean climate. He sources grapes from trusted growers many of whom he has know his whole life, who work organically. In the cellar Greg takes this organic philosophy forward, all his wines are small-batch and single-vineyard, fermented in stainless steel with wild yeast and without acid adjustments. His aim is to make wine that is pure, drinkable and delicious - or as he would put it, “smashable”.