2024 Parley Golden Hour
Description
WINEMAKER: Joss, Mel & Sarah
REGION: Adelaide Hills, SA
VARIETY: Sauvignon Blanc
VITICULTURE: Organic
Elderflower, Quince and Grilled Nectarine on the nose with Apricot, Blossom and Dehydrated Pineapple on the palate. The extended maceration and saignée only approach to winemaking integrates the primary fruit and tertiary flavours with delicate tannin extraction. The fruit was hand-destemmed into a 1000L Flowerpot and fermented on skins with gentle punchdowns twice daily for 3 weeks. Once the ferment was dry, the juice and the skins were transferred under argon to a 1000L stainless steel tank for extended maceration. After 6 months on skins the wine was saignéed off to seasoned French hogs for elevage for a further 5 months with bottling taking place in February of 2023.
To ‘parley’ is to hold a conference with opposing sides to discuss terms. As a team of three we got really good at that. We were all wearing many hats at the start of the 2021 vintage - Mel, a brilliant student was in her third year of Viticulture and Oenology at The University of Adelaide, working for Commune of Buttons, Son of Dot Drinks and a mother to be. Sarah was running The Summertown Aristologist and working with Les Fruits. And Joss, at one point, balancing 4 simultaneous jobs and a vintage at Gentle Folk. | Needless to say we needed one another to get things done and swift decision making became our forte. Finding time in our already overcomplicated schedules, we made wine and managed to do it with finesse. For the last year we have been continuously bouncing off one another, discussing and seeking solutions to obstacles and finding consonance in our decisions. We suppose in essence, we are one big Parley.]
2024 Parley Golden Hour
$59.00
SPÖN Bottle Shop & Wine Bar: Made for Discovery
A 50-seater wine bar; Inspired by the charming, drink-in bottle shops hidden throughout the cobblestone streets of Europe, explore a rotating world of natural, organic, rare & vintage wines, and craft beers sourced from Australia and across the globe.
Born in Newtown
Nestled in the vibrant heart of Newtown – We created SPÖN as a cozy neighbourhood bottle shop and wine bar that feels relaxed, welcoming and distinctly its own. Creative, a little gritty, a little playful and always full of something new & unexpected — just like Newtown.
A bottle shop with a bar problem.
SPÖN - a discovery-led hybrid bottle-shop/Wine bar experience. Browse the shelves, grab a bottle and drink it at the bar — or pull up a stool and explore a daily rotating board of over 15+ distinct wines being poured by the glass. SPÖN is built around drinking what interests you.
Come curious. Leave with a new favourite.
We don’t tell you what to drink. You don’t need to know your varietals, regions or vintages, and you certainly don’t need to pretend you do. Tell us what you like, hate, what you’ve tried or curious about — we’ll take it from there. Sometimes the best bottle is the one you didn’t know you wanted.