2024 Nomads Garden ‘Melvilles Vineyard’ Pétillant Naturel, Rutherglen

$27.00

THE WINE

Made with 100% Fiano, we believe this emerging varieties ability to hold onto it’s natural acidity makes it a great alternative option for making sparkling wine.

We have been making Pet Nat since 2O19, over that time through trial and error we believe we have mastered the dark art of making wine in this style. The wine exhibits a gentle fine bead bubble, super fine balanced acidity contrast nicely with the texture created by the bottle aging on lees.

Undisgorged as we believe a true Pet Nat should be, however if you prefer a clear, clean style Pet Nat simply decant the wine off its solids immediately upon opening, rinse the bottle and return the wine. Lower carbonation also means the risk of this Pet Nat misbehaving is very low, happy days!

THE WINE

Made with 100% Fiano, we believe this emerging varieties ability to hold onto it’s natural acidity makes it a great alternative option for making sparkling wine.

We have been making Pet Nat since 2O19, over that time through trial and error we believe we have mastered the dark art of making wine in this style. The wine exhibits a gentle fine bead bubble, super fine balanced acidity contrast nicely with the texture created by the bottle aging on lees.

Undisgorged as we believe a true Pet Nat should be, however if you prefer a clear, clean style Pet Nat simply decant the wine off its solids immediately upon opening, rinse the bottle and return the wine. Lower carbonation also means the risk of this Pet Nat misbehaving is very low, happy days!

VINIFICATION

2O23 was a vintage that required much tireless work in the vineyards as a result of a very wet humid start to the growing season. However those who managed to get there vines through to Christmas disease free were rewarded with fruit displaying an amazing vibrancy and natural acidity thanks to the super weather conditions.

Machine picked in the cool of the night using a new generation machine harvester and immediately pressed to stainless steel upon arrival to our winery. We had the luxury of been able to only take the free run juice for this wine as our 2O23 Skin Contact white comes from the same vineyard and was picked on the same day. The extended time on skins naturally softens the harsh phenolics of pressings. The upside of only using the clear free juice in the Pet Nat is that you get a fine delicate mouthfeel, a must for sparkling wines in our opinion.

The juice was then chilled to 3c to settle then racked off its lees, our experience has been the more solids you can take out of a Pet Nat the less likely it is to gush once bottled. A healthy natural wild yeast fermentation commenced once the juice was warmed to 18c, once the ferment was active it was then chilled to 13c where it was held. Slow steady fermentation allows the wine to develop complex aromatics and flavours, the end result is a very fine boned pretty Pet Nat. The only addition to this wine was some nutrients to ensure a healthy clean ferment.

VINEYARD: BAXENDALE VINEYARD

REGION/GI: KING VALLEY / Whitlands

GROWER: JIM BAXENDALE

PICKED: O6/O4/2O23

BOTTLED: MAY 2O23 undisgorged

BAUME: 12.O at picking

RESIDUAL SUGAR: O.Og

ALC/VOL : 12.5%

ACID: 1O.1Og/L

pH: 3.3