Tasting Notes:

This wine has the softness and elegant fruit of the Huon combined with the structure and spice of the Derwent. This approachable wine will drink well young 

Vintage & Winemaking:

A blend of fruit from the Stefano Lubiana Vineyard (Derwent Valley) and Lucille Vineyard (Huon Valley).

The Derwent portion looked very good at harvest. It came off the Ruscello block which features loam over white/grey gravel. This portion was fermented with 100% whole bunches over 10 days. light foot plunges only. 

Lucille Vineyard had just received biodynamic certification going into the 2021 vintage, which was a great achievement for the vineyard team. The weather wasn’t as kind to the Huon in 2021; though. A large rain cloud came down in the latter part of March which caused some damage to the fruit. The Huon portion was a mix of clones from all over the vineyard, all destemmed and sorted to discard any berries left split or shrivelled from the rain. The intact fruit was very good. It underwent whole-berry fermentation over 10 days with only a few pumpovers. 

Both cuvées received the same barrel treatment of 20-25% new oak, all 228-litre barriques. Marco Lubiano was originally going to make two single-terroir wines but the wine tasted better as a blend.

After nine months’ maturation the wine was racked and blended.