2022 - Freyja - SemillonDirect Press Semillon Swan Valley Zero additions 653 bottles made A wine named in honour of the first new tiny weirdo to join the fray, Freyja Crute Jorgensen. More widely regarded by the range of monikers presented here Freysie Frog, Chicken, Little Goose, Drongo, Goosey Lou and Peanut. Semillon from the 9 Southernmost rows on the block. We began rehabilitating these rows during the pruning season of 2020 and this wine is made up of the first crop

Crushed and pressed to stainless steel tank

During its time in

grippier phenolics

it worked remarkably well - particularly when combined with 850lt of carbonically macerated Grenache

Unbeatable

the expectation was that the cleaner portion would make up the entirety of the Turbulent Juice and the other component would be declassified due to the astringency of the phenolics resulting from the mildew infection

it builds and builds to reveal orange peel bitter phenolics

so potentially some Trenbolone found it's way into final blend too

we rehabilitated ourselves and so is a very special wine for us

overseen for the last time in 2021 by the wizard Lee Haselgrove

Both Nally and Qvevri ferment combined together in the press after 6 days on skins

so the fruit was split into two ferments in order to separate the healthier portion from the rest