2021 Minim Colbinabbin Fiano

WINEMAKER: Tim Sproal
REGION: Heathcote, VIC
VARIETAL: Fiano
VITICULTURE: Organic

The nose is beeswax and honey, slight white blossom, lemon curd and red apple with a subtle bready character. The palate is dry and textured with ripe lemon, pear and shortcrust with soft baking spice and a long racy lemon juice acidity to finish. There is a beautiful powdery phenolic texture to it. Loooong finish. A complex and textured white that will provide just the right amount of winter comfort, yet energetic enough for spring time awakenings.

A trained geologist and passionate cook, Tim Sproal was inspired to become a winemaker after a revelatory dinner at Hobart institution Garagistes in 2010. A year later he made his first wine under a tree during one of the wettest years in recent memory. He says he made a lot of mistakes, and a “weird, faulty” wine. But a wine, none the less.