Vintage: 2024
Source: Swinney Vineyard, Frankland River, Great Southern.
Fermentation: Overnight skin contact, pressed to ferment wild with no additions; 80% tank, 20% in seasoned French hogsheads. Three months on lees before bottling.
Tasting: Pretty musk scents reminiscent of Bosc pear, with fresh yuzu notes. Satisfying juicy mouthfeel with moreish slip and glide. Varietal intensity, weight and length, balance and elegance.
Reviews:
93 points. Erin Larkin, Wine Advocate
“The 2024 LV Pinot Grigio leads with pear drops and white flowers, lavender soap, a waft of tea tree and white pepper. In the mouth, the wine is placid and plump, a pleasing, fresh experience with a profusion of lemon barley and ocean air. I like it a lot. It fermented with wild yeast, mostly in stainless steel, with the balance in French oak puncheons-this is likely the source of the open-weave texture here, and it works so well.”
13.0% Alc
Vintage: 2024
Source: Swinney Vineyard, Frankland River, Great Southern.
Fermentation: Overnight skin contact, pressed to ferment wild with no additions; 80% tank, 20% in seasoned French hogsheads. Three months on lees before bottling.
Tasting: Pretty musk scents reminiscent of Bosc pear, with fresh yuzu notes. Satisfying juicy mouthfeel with moreish slip and glide. Varietal intensity, weight and length, balance and elegance.
Reviews:
93 points. Erin Larkin, Wine Advocate
“The 2024 LV Pinot Grigio leads with pear drops and white flowers, lavender soap, a waft of tea tree and white pepper. In the mouth, the wine is placid and plump, a pleasing, fresh experience with a profusion of lemon barley and ocean air. I like it a lot. It fermented with wild yeast, mostly in stainless steel, with the balance in French oak puncheons-this is likely the source of the open-weave texture here, and it works so well.”
13.0% Alc
