Koerner Wines "The Rolle" 2022

Grown in the historic Gullyview Vineyard in the Watervale subregion of the Clare Valley. The vineyards are planted at a fairly high elevation at the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges, with a refreshing breeze blowing in from the cold waters of the Gulf of St. Vincent. The climate is more continental due to the elevation, but it is still hot enough for the white grape to start a bit early. In this case, the grapes were hand harvested and hand sorted in the vineyard on February 25th, 2022

The grapes are hand harvested, sorted and processed in the vineyard. They are crushed and destemmed with 12 hours on their skins in total in the press. The juice is pressed, with minimal press rotations and only the free run juice is used. The juice is settled off dirt and heavy solids for 24 before natural fermentation begins in Slavonian Oak demi-muids. Afterwards, the wine is aged in the same demi-muids for 8 month on full solids, followed by 3 months in stainless steel on the fine lees, No filtration, no fining...

Rolle is the traditional name of Vermentino in the French Speaking Mediterranean. The Koerners chose this name as this style is more indicative of the French versions that the Pigato- which is much more racy. The aging in barrel, even if neutral barrel, is much more of a French production note than Italian. Á santé!

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