Trutta Riesling 2023

Bruised Nectarine
Lime Zest
Extra Serotonin

After picking, the fruit was chilled overnight
in our cool room. Around half the fruit was then whole
bunch pressed the next day. The other half was foot
stomped, and left in a picking bin overnight for maceration.
Pressing occurred after the overnight maceration. Both
portions were fermented using natural yeasts, on full
solids, in stainless steel, at around 16 degrees. After
ferment, 70% of the wine was raised in stainless over
winter, and the balance in old french oak, on full solids.
The wine went through malolactic fermentation naturally in spring. Racked once, with 35ppm
SO2 added before bottling.

A small vineyard in Harcourt North, Central Victoria. Harcourt is a cooler pocket located inside the Bendigo GI, and their vineyard sits up high above the Harcourt Valley on a granitic ridge running to north westerly of Mount Alexander. The vineyard sits at approx 500m ASL and is one of the highest (and probably coolest) vineyards in the Bendigo GI. The vineyard soils are composed of granitic slabs and boulders, interspersed with sandy decomposed granite. They have been farming this vineyard themselves for a few years now, using organic practices.