2024 Parley Golden Hour

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.]