Vintage: 2024
Tasting notes: Bright, aromatic and elegantly textural, this wine opens with lifted notes of nashi pear, white flowers and honeydew. The six days of skin contact lend a gentle grip and juicy succulence, while time resting on lees in seasoned oak contributes savoury depth and complexity to the finish.
Winemaker’s notes: Favorita is the Piedmontese name for Vermentino - so FAV, obviously. This fruit comes from Wilson’s Pool vineyard in Frankland River, where cool nights and warm days help the variety retain its freshness and perfume. Grapes were destemmed and chilled, then left on skins for six days before pressing to seasoned French oak casks for wild ferment. The wine rested undisturbed on lees for nine months before being racked and bottled with minimal sulphites.
Alcohol 12.0%
Reviews: “Green melon and green almond, salted pistachios, white peach and fresh herbs. But wait, there’s more to it than just the surface fruitiness and nuttiness; a depth of texture, layers, subtle creamy complexity, almond cream with a dusting of nutmeg and a phenolic traction, yet the flow is brisk and light in a way. Lovely wine. 94 points.” Kasia Sobiesiak, winefront.com.au
Vintage: 2024
Tasting notes: Bright, aromatic and elegantly textural, this wine opens with lifted notes of nashi pear, white flowers and honeydew. The six days of skin contact lend a gentle grip and juicy succulence, while time resting on lees in seasoned oak contributes savoury depth and complexity to the finish.
Winemaker’s notes: Favorita is the Piedmontese name for Vermentino - so FAV, obviously. This fruit comes from Wilson’s Pool vineyard in Frankland River, where cool nights and warm days help the variety retain its freshness and perfume. Grapes were destemmed and chilled, then left on skins for six days before pressing to seasoned French oak casks for wild ferment. The wine rested undisturbed on lees for nine months before being racked and bottled with minimal sulphites.
Alcohol 12.0%
Reviews: “Green melon and green almond, salted pistachios, white peach and fresh herbs. But wait, there’s more to it than just the surface fruitiness and nuttiness; a depth of texture, layers, subtle creamy complexity, almond cream with a dusting of nutmeg and a phenolic traction, yet the flow is brisk and light in a way. Lovely wine. 94 points.” Kasia Sobiesiak, winefront.com.au
