Fume Blanc was wholebunch pressed using two press cycles (Champagne cycle and Textural White) before separating free run and pressings to give us 4 separate profiles to work with. After each portion was cold settled overnight we racked into a combination of seasoned barriques and hogs heads for fermentation. The ferments took around 14 days to go dry dry with barrels getting topped out for elevage with some lees stirring on selected barrels. After 8 months in barrel the final blend was composed of a barrel selection of majority free-run portions of both press cycles, as well as a barrel of pressings for texture. Bottled in November of 2023 with 1600 bottles produced.

Launched in 2021, the Parley Wines range – owned and made today by Sarah Feehan and Melissa Gray – offers around 10 wines that defy the traditional paradigms of the regions they’re sourced from.  Sourcing grapes from across the Adelaide Hills, Langhorne Creek, and Coonawarra, they also breathe new life into a 1-hectare old vineyard in the Basket Range of Adelaide Hills. This carefully crafted collection from Parley Wine encapsulates the vibrancy of classic South Australian wine regions through a non-traditional lens.