Description
Fumé 2023 is our only release of Bacchus from the last vintage, a rounded style of Bacchus presenting our best expression of the variety.
40% fermentation and ageing in 3rd-fill oak barrels lends texture and encourages aromatic development rather than oak flavour. Barrels can push Bacchus towards the style of its parent variety, Riesling, and the 2023 Fumé demonstrates this.
Ripe, fleshy pear and English apple on the nose with hints of violets and turkish delight. A generous length of pink grapefruit, almonds and biscuit pastry rounds off this complex wine.
Certifications
Alcohol
11.0%
Analytical data
dry
Winemaker
Ben Witchell
Vinification
Extended skin contact at the press (late press fractions held over night under nitrogen). Fermented and aged (6 months) 40% in neutral oak barrels (3rd and 4th fill). Partial indigenous fermentation / partial use of complex non-Saccharomyces strains. No malolactic fermentation.
