2021 Lucy M Wildman Blanc
VARIETAL: Sauvignon Blanc
REGION: Basket Range, Adelaide Hills, SA
VITICULTURE: Organic/Biodynamic
WINEMAKER: Anton Von Klopper
The sauvignon blanc is grown at the Magpie Springs farm in the Hope Valley. It has sandy soil and is at the top of a hill near the ocean with strong ocean breezes sometimes. Whole branches of sauvignon blanc bunches are placed in a 2400L wooden fermenter and then topped with free-run juice until the fermenter is full. The fermenter is sealed and the wine undergoes carbonic ferment and is left for 6 months to macerate. The wine is then pressed in winter and assembled. Murky orange liquid with the smell of pipe tobacco from Cuba as the rich tropical scents fill the air and oh sooo textural with the emotional feeling of rocking back and forth in a chair to check your state of mind….the gentle caress of someone much older than you….the longing in your heart for something unknown….the warm pulse of your blood…please take me their wildman!
"The 2021 vintage was really good for us. It started with a wet spring which also benefited our new plantings of Trousseau, Grenache Blanc, Gamay, Garganega, Sangiovese….. (a mixed bag) with sunny windless days around flowering which led to good fruit set.. This was followed by a cool summer which keep the vines calm with even slow ripening. Thank you for your kindness Demeter for the bountiful harvest."
"We are proud of being among the first natural winemakers in Australia with the first vintage in 2007 and now to have achieved making wines that are chemical free. But our commitment to human health has led us to trying to make wines with lowers alcohols by picking early and changing of winemaking techniques because we feel that a wine at 11.5-12% or lower is better for you and more enjoyable socially. In the last couple of years we have worked on reducing VA, mousiness and lacticobacillis fermentation in bottle, common challenges in making natural wine. Making natural wines that are sound is an art and a skill but there is no better wine to drink!"