PRE - VINTAGE
RAINFALL: Winter (below average) | Spring (below average)
TEMPERATURE: Mild Spring and early Summer | No extreme heat.
UPSHOT: Balanced canopies and crop levels.
VINTAGE
RAINFALL: Summer (below average) | Autumn (below average).
TEMPERATURE: Days (warm) | Nights (cool).
UPSHOT: Compressed vintage | Fast late ripening curve | Powerful wines
Vineyard: Mt Crawford | Shallow loam overlying reddish clay | North-south oriented rows | Elevated northern aspect | High Altitude.
HARVEST: 27th March 2024.
WINEMAKING
FERMENTATION: De-stemmed | Pressed to stainless steel, reductive
handling | Cold settled & clean racked |
Stainless steel fermented.
TECH ANALYSIS: Alcohol 11.5% | pH: 3.15 | Acid: 6.5g/L | RS 1.6g/L
PROFILE: Peach | white florals | Thyme | Minerality | Sea spray
TEXTURE: Clean, crisp palate.
"The Hentley Farm Garganega is true to type, and it’s delicious, with attractive exotic spice, ginger plant, citrus blossom, stone fruit and oyster shell aromas on the nose, whilst the palate is all about roundness and texture. The wine is fresh and vibrant and has a savoury saline finish, making it incredibly food friendly."- WINEPILOT
