Destemmed fruit is fermented on its skins for 6 days, with no plunging or pumping over. The ferment was then pressed to aged barriques and hogsheads to complete natural primary and malolactic fermentation, and rested on full lees for 3 months. Prior to bottling the wine is racked once with a small amount of sulphur added before bottling.

Rhen Dodd and Janelle De Gabriele make invigorating wines under the aptly named ‘Ephemera’ moniker. Based out of the Yarra Valley, together Rhen and Janelle explore ‘snapshot’ winemaking, focusing their energy on their organically grown vineyard in the Yarra alongside their love for the Chalmers vineyard in Heathcote. 

With Italian varieties coming out of Heathcote and the other half on their home block, Rhen and Janelle are producing compelling and addictive wines as they further define their Ephemera identity.